Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$2,561.20
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.
$6,403.00
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.
$1,995.79 with Molina vs $14,262.78 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $1,995.79 | ↓ -22% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,015.36 | ↓ -21% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,015.36 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,054.49 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,113.19 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,378.71 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,097.13 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $3,964.97 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,964.97 | ↑ +55% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,964.97 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,003.46 | ↑ +56% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,041.96 | ↑ +58% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,041.96 | ↑ +58% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,234.43 | ↑ +65% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,488.50 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,610.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,610.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,311.29 | ↑ +107% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,490.23 | ↑ +153% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,121.54 | ↑ +178% |
| Premera | Signature | $9,224.42 | ↑ +260% |
| Premera | Prime | $9,224.42 | ↑ +260% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $9,224.42 | ↑ +260% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $9,426.98 | ↑ +268% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $10,937.74 | ↑ +327% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $11,071.29 | ↑ +332% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $12,891.71 | ↑ +403% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $14,262.78 | ↑ +457% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $10,377.12 | $4,081.89 – $14,700.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,027.00 | $3,928.04 – $9,996.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $10,377.12 | $4,081.89 – $14,156.95 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $10,377.12 | $4,093.34 – $14,700.29 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $7,982.10 | $566.83 – $11,198.78 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $10,219.30 | $3,928.04 – $13,312.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,074.68 | $4,014.26 – $24,031.00 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $4,850.40 | $4,205.25 – $10,850.20 |