Prolonged IV inf, req pump 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

$676.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,690.00

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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.

$239.25 with Blue Cross of Idaho vs $1,480.16 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.

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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

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
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $239.25 ↓ -65%
Aetna MedAdvantage $239.25 ↓ -65%
Regence MedAdvantage $239.25 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $241.58 ↓ -64%
Molina MedAdvantage $243.90 ↓ -64%
WellCare MedAdvantage $243.90 ↓ -64%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $255.51 ↓ -62%
Molina Apple Health $347.87 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Apple Health $351.28 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $351.28 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Apple Health $358.10 ↓ -47%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $368.33 ↓ -46%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $391.63 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $429.73 ↓ -36%
Premera HMO $587.93 ↓ -13%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $627.84 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $660.01 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial $668.06 ↓ -1%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $817.45 ↑ +21%
Premera Signature $896.11 ↑ +33%
Premera Prime $896.11 ↑ +33%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $896.11 ↑ +33%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $915.80 ↑ +35%
First Choice PPO $1,184.69 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,216.80 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,216.80 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,239.81 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $1,480.16 ↑ +119%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,001.76 $246.31 – $1,455.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,001.76 $246.31 – $1,408.68
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,001.76 $247.00 – $1,455.12
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $880.60 $237.02 – $438.50
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $823.60 $253.75 – $1,054.04
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $823.60 $242.06 – $1,540.03
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $823.60 $243.27 – $1,540.03
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $621.18 $252.91 – $1,076.87

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →