Perq plmt bile duct stent at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$4,033.20
Cash price 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.
$10,083.00
Gross charge 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.
$3,745.83 with First Choice vs $23,194.07 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,745.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $4,328.87 | ↑ +7% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $4,371.31 | ↑ +8% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $4,371.31 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $4,456.19 | ↑ +10% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $4,583.51 | ↑ +14% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,877.15 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,800.13 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $6,800.13 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,800.13 | ↑ +69% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $6,866.15 | ↑ +70% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,932.17 | ↑ +72% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $6,932.17 | ↑ +72% |
| First Choice | PPO | $7,068.18 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,259.76 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,259.76 | ↑ +80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $7,262.27 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | HMO | $9,213.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $11,131.08 | ↑ +176% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $12,213.82 | ↑ +203% |
| Premera | Signature | $15,267.44 | ↑ +279% |
| Premera | Prime | $15,267.44 | ↑ +279% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,267.44 | ↑ +279% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $15,602.71 | ↑ +287% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $18,758.80 | ↑ +365% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $18,987.85 | ↑ +371% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $21,807.95 | ↑ +441% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $23,194.07 | ↑ +475% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $16,315.20 | $7,000.66 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,396.40 | $6,736.80 – $17,145.15 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $16,315.20 | $7,000.66 – $22,670.10 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $16,315.20 | $7,020.30 – $23,540.17 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $12,007.10 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $14,558.60 | $6,736.80 – $17,684.10 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $8,882.64 | $6,884.66 – $24,031.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $6,106.30 | $8,716.40 – $24,564.86 |