Perq dev breast 1st strtctc 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

$2,070.80

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.

$5,177.00

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.

$557.25 with Molina vs $3,727.44 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.

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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
Molina Apple Health $557.25 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $562.72 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $562.72 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Apple Health $573.64 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $590.03 ↓ -72%
Aetna MedAdvantage $796.52 ↓ -62%
Regence MedAdvantage $796.52 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $796.52 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $804.25 ↓ -61%
Molina MedAdvantage $811.99 ↓ -61%
WellCare MedAdvantage $811.99 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $850.65 ↓ -59%
Premera HMO $1,147.13 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,303.82 ↓ -37%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,430.64 ↓ -31%
Premera Signature $1,861.67 ↓ -10%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,861.67 ↓ -10%
Premera Prime $1,861.67 ↓ -10%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,902.55 ↓ -8%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,923.26 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,197.27 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial $2,224.10 ↑ +7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,504.11 ↑ +21%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,629.90 ↑ +27%
Kaiser PPO $2,887.92 ↑ +39%
First Choice PPO $3,629.08 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,727.44 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,727.44 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Perq dev breast 1st strtctc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,882.56 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,882.56 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,882.56 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,680.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $547.40 $623.43 – $2,769.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $241.50 $789.10 – $6,462.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,433.64 $806.42 – $5,987.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $790.40 $844.79 – $2,189.78

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