Plmt nephroureteral catheter at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$4,026.40
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.
$10,066.00
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 | ↓ -50% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,015.36 | ↓ -50% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,015.36 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,054.49 | ↓ -49% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,113.19 | ↓ -48% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,289.01 | ↓ -43% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,979.54 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $3,964.97 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,964.97 | ↓ -2% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,964.97 | ↓ -2% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $4,003.46 | ↓ -1% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $4,041.96 | ↑ +0% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $4,041.96 | ↑ +0% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $4,234.43 | ↑ +5% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,318.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Premera | HMO | $5,311.29 | ↑ +32% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $6,490.23 | ↑ +61% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $7,121.54 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $7,247.52 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $7,247.52 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | Signature | $9,224.42 | ↑ +129% |
| Premera | Prime | $9,224.42 | ↑ +129% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $9,224.42 | ↑ +129% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $9,426.98 | ↑ +134% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $10,937.74 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $11,071.29 | ↑ +175% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $12,891.71 | ↑ +220% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $14,262.78 | ↑ +254% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,813.76 | $4,081.89 – $14,700.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,638.60 | $3,928.04 – $9,996.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,813.76 | $4,081.89 – $14,156.95 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,813.76 | $4,093.34 – $14,700.29 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,780.60 | $420.54 – $11,198.78 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,596.20 | $3,928.04 – $10,311.11 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $3,249.48 | $4,014.26 – $17,863.00 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $4,269.20 | $3,445.91 – $14,187.14 |