Platelets pheresis 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

$1,233.20

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.

$3,083.00

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.

$253.58 with Molina vs $2,219.76 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 $253.58 ↓ -79%
WellPoint Apple Health $256.07 ↓ -79%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $256.07 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Apple Health $261.04 ↓ -79%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $268.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna MedAdvantage $563.25 ↓ -54%
Regence MedAdvantage $563.25 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $563.25 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $568.72 ↓ -54%
Molina MedAdvantage $574.18 ↓ -53%
WellCare MedAdvantage $574.18 ↓ -53%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $601.53 ↓ -51%
Premera HMO $858.45 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $921.97 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,011.66 ↓ -18%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,145.33 ↓ -7%
Premera Signature $1,311.73 ↑ +6%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,311.73 ↑ +6%
Premera Prime $1,311.73 ↑ +6%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,340.52 ↑ +9%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,491.25 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,553.78 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial $1,572.76 ↑ +28%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,820.72 ↑ +48%
First Choice PPO $2,161.18 ↑ +75%
Kaiser PPO $2,161.19 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,219.76 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,219.76 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $1,240.40 $511.59 – $562.75
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $508.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,109.76 $511.59 – $2,223.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,240.40 $511.59 – $1,798.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,109.76 $511.59 – $2,098.36
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,109.76 $511.59 – $2,223.26
Central Medical Center Seattle $492.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,066.52 $511.59 – $3,112.57

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