Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes 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

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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.

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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.

$70.29 with Molina vs $345.77 with Aetna — 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 $70.29
WellPoint Apple Health $70.98
Coordinated Care Apple Health $70.98
United Healthcare Apple Health $72.36
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $74.42
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $114.27
Regence MedAdvantage $114.27
Aetna MedAdvantage $114.27
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $115.38
WellCare MedAdvantage $116.49
Molina MedAdvantage $116.49
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $122.04
Premera HMO $134.08
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $187.05
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $205.24
Premera Prime $235.85
Premera Signature $235.85
Premera Other Commercial Plans $235.85
Regence/Asuris Commercial $241.04
Cigna Commercial $319.08
Kaiser PPO $337.53
Aetna All Commercial Plans $345.77

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Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $135.80 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $157.04 $117.64 – $489.30
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $135.80 not published
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $185.12 $115.69 – $329.87
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $157.04 $99.31 – $439.82
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $91.60 $121.19 – $277.42
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $108.63 $2.46 – $807.75
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $113.21 – $124.53

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