Largsc w/rmvl foreign bdy(s) 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

$634.80

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.

$1,587.00

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.

$439.94 with Regence vs $1,678.27 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
Regence MedAdvantage $439.94 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $439.94 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $439.94 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $444.21 ↓ -30%
Molina MedAdvantage $448.48 ↓ -29%
WellCare MedAdvantage $448.48 ↓ -29%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $469.84 ↓ -26%
Molina Apple Health $515.65 ↓ -19%
WellPoint Apple Health $520.71 ↓ -18%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $520.71 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Apple Health $530.82 ↓ -16%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $545.99 ↓ -14%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $589.57 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $666.63 ↑ +5%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $720.13 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $767.63 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $790.18 ↑ +24%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,080.44 ↑ +70%
Premera Signature $1,080.44 ↑ +70%
Premera Prime $1,080.44 ↑ +70%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,104.16 ↑ +74%
First Choice PPO $1,112.49 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,142.64 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,142.64 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,213.62 ↑ +91%
Cigna Commercial $1,228.44 ↑ +94%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,451.45 ↑ +129%
Kaiser PPO $1,678.27 ↑ +164%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Largsc w/rmvl foreign bdy(s) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $522.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,071.36 $452.91 – $1,776.08
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,840.60 $435.84 – $1,171.46
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,071.36 $452.91 – $1,719.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,071.36 $454.18 – $1,776.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $745.68 $452.91 – $2,210.66
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $576.80 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $522.20 $361.82 – $1,715.62

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