Nrv rpr w/nrv algrft 1st 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.

$9,871.24 with Regence vs $27,563.25 with Cigna — 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 $9,871.24
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $9,871.24
Aetna MedAdvantage $9,871.24
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $9,967.08
Molina MedAdvantage $10,062.92
WellCare MedAdvantage $10,062.92
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10,542.11
Premera HMO $10,921.37
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $16,158.17
Premera Prime $17,626.26
Premera Signature $17,626.26
Premera Other Commercial Plans $17,626.26
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $17,729.91
Regence/Asuris Commercial $18,013.34
Aetna All Commercial Plans $23,937.44
Kaiser PPO $27,494.99
Cigna Commercial $27,563.25

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Nrv rpr w/nrv algrft 1st at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $15,360.00 not published
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $6,957.93 $25.92 – $3,487.09
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $30,873.20
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $24,888.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $25,837.26
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $26,828.88
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $9,574.57 – $32,227.71
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $26,663.61

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