Mopath procedure level 8 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

$508.00

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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$1,270.00

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.

$274.06 with Molina vs $2,860.39 with Aetna — 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

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 $274.06 ↓ -46%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $276.75 ↓ -46%
WellPoint Apple Health $276.75 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Apple Health $282.12 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $290.18 ↓ -43%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $471.81 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $614.30 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $846.27 ↑ +67%
Aetna MedAdvantage $854.22 ↑ +68%
Regence MedAdvantage $854.22 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $854.22 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $862.52 ↑ +70%
WellCare MedAdvantage $870.81 ↑ +71%
Molina MedAdvantage $870.81 ↑ +71%
First Choice PPO $890.27 ↑ +75%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $912.28 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $914.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $914.40 ↑ +80%
Kaiser PPO $930.90 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $973.21 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,015.52 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial $1,015.52 ↑ +100%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,057.84 ↑ +108%
Premera Prime $1,057.84 ↑ +108%
Premera Signature $1,057.84 ↑ +108%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,398.27 ↑ +175%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,534.29 ↑ +202%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,860.39 ↑ +463%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Mopath procedure level 8 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,342.88 $761.64 – $2,570.97
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,342.88 $761.64 – $2,538.81
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,342.88 $761.64 – $1,878.72
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,632.00 $522.00 – $522.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $760.00 $280.33 – $1,658.69
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $760.00 $286.81 – $1,658.69
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $1,282.14 $592.39 – $2,645.19
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $608.00 $301.68 – $1,534.29

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →