Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg 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

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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.

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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.

$177.85 with Regence vs $503.40 with Premera — 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 $177.85
Aetna MedAdvantage $177.85
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $177.85
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $179.57
WellCare MedAdvantage $181.30
Molina MedAdvantage $181.30
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $189.93
Kaiser PPO $193.81
Regence/Asuris Commercial $202.62
Cigna Commercial $211.43
Aetna All Commercial Plans $218.48
Premera Other Commercial Plans $220.24
Premera Prime $220.24
Premera Signature $220.24
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $291.12
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $319.43
Premera HMO $503.40

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Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $867.60 $172.67 – $345.33
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $867.60 $172.67 – $345.33
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $1,001.60 $172.67 – $319.43
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $867.60 $172.67 – $345.33
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $867.60 $176.19 – $202.62
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $867.60 $172.67 – $345.33
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $176.19 – $193.81
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $158.57 – $535.27

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