Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$75.60
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.
$189.00
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.
$26.13 with Molina vs $155.75 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 | $26.13 | ↓ -65% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $26.39 | ↓ -65% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $26.39 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $26.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $27.67 | ↓ -63% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $41.98 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $41.98 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $41.98 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $42.39 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $42.80 | ↓ -43% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $42.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $44.83 | ↓ -41% |
| Premera | HMO | $61.87 | ↓ -18% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $68.72 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $70.21 | ↓ -7% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $75.40 | ↓ -0% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $91.42 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Signature | $99.79 | ↑ +32% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $99.79 | ↑ +32% |
| Premera | Prime | $99.79 | ↑ +32% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $101.97 | ↑ +35% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $115.80 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $117.22 | ↑ +55% |
| First Choice | PPO | $132.49 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $136.08 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $136.08 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $139.39 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $155.75 | ↑ +106% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $121.92 | $43.22 – $170.38 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $121.92 | $43.22 – $164.94 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $121.92 | $43.34 – $170.38 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $106.40 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $133.70 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $170.80 | $41.59 – $141.74 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $47.20 | $44.52 – $117.37 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $97.41 | $2.84 – $357.57 |