Intro cath dialysis circuit at MultiCare Valley Hospital

12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$2,512.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,282.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,238.74 with Molina vs $6,620.93 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $1,238.74 ↓ -51%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,250.88 ↓ -50%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,250.88 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,275.17 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,311.60 ↓ -48%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,770.64 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $1,770.64 ↓ -30%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,770.64 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,787.83 ↓ -29%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,805.02 ↓ -28%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,805.02 ↓ -28%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,890.97 ↓ -25%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,333.76 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $2,465.56 ↓ -2%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $2,898.35 ↑ +15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,038.60 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,180.27 ↑ +27%
Premera Signature $4,237.70 ↑ +69%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,237.70 ↑ +69%
Premera Prime $4,237.70 ↑ +69%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $4,330.74 ↑ +72%
First Choice PPO $4,403.68 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,523.04 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $4,523.04 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,884.46 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial $4,944.10 ↑ +97%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,806.52 ↑ +131%
Kaiser PPO $6,620.93 ↑ +163%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,264.48 $1,822.85 – $7,943.60
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,043.30 $1,754.15 – $5,056.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,264.48 $1,822.85 – $7,650.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,264.48 $1,827.97 – $7,943.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,680.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,006.20 $1,419.11 – $3,245.18
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $4,964.40 $281.69 – $6,051.49
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,941.10 $1,754.15 – $4,604.64

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →