Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$223.60

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.

$559.00

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.

$100.90 with Molina vs $582.46 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.

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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 $100.90 ↓ -55%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $101.89 ↓ -54%
WellPoint Apple Health $101.89 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Apple Health $103.87 ↓ -54%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $106.84 ↓ -52%
Regence MedAdvantage $158.83 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $158.83 ↓ -29%
Aetna MedAdvantage $158.83 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $160.37 ↓ -28%
Molina MedAdvantage $161.91 ↓ -28%
WellCare MedAdvantage $161.91 ↓ -28%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $169.62 ↓ -24%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $207.67 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $231.37 ↑ +3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $259.98 ↑ +16%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $270.39 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $285.27 ↑ +28%
Premera Signature $363.47 ↑ +63%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $363.47 ↑ +63%
Premera Prime $363.47 ↑ +63%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $371.45 ↑ +66%
First Choice PPO $391.86 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $402.48 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $402.48 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $438.14 ↑ +96%
Cigna Commercial $443.49 ↑ +98%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $470.12 ↑ +110%
Kaiser PPO $582.46 ↑ +160%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $273.70 $144.26 – $158.69
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $128.16 $144.26 – $562.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $273.70 $144.26 – $454.86
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $128.16 $144.26 – $530.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $128.16 $144.26 – $562.26
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $128.16 $144.26 – $518.04
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,029.70 $144.26 – $494.03
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $253.40 $144.26 – $378.68

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →