Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$96.00
Cash price 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.
$240.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.04 with Molina vs $172.80 with First Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $18.04 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $18.22 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $18.22 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $18.57 | ↓ -81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $19.10 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $42.01 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $42.01 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $42.01 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $42.42 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $42.83 | ↓ -55% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $42.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $44.87 | ↓ -53% |
| Premera | HMO | $60.03 | ↓ -37% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $68.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $75.46 | ↓ -21% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $89.16 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | Signature | $106.12 | ↑ +11% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $106.12 | ↑ +11% |
| Premera | Prime | $106.12 | ↑ +11% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $108.44 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $115.89 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $116.09 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $117.30 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $146.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $151.12 | ↑ +57% |
| First Choice | PPO | $168.24 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $172.80 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $172.80 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $56.00 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $162.72 | $1.65 – $157.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $162.72 | $1.65 – $152.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $162.72 | $1.65 – $157.12 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $125.60 | $40.00 – $40.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $65.10 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $109.20 | $1.82 – $130.71 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $83.60 | $44.56 – $124.82 |