Pt wheelchair management each 15 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

$114.80

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.

$287.00

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.

$18.83 with Molina vs $206.64 with First Health — 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 $18.83 ↓ -84%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $19.01 ↓ -83%
WellPoint Apple Health $19.01 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.38 ↓ -83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.94 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $28.11 ↓ -76%
Regence MedAdvantage $32.62 ↓ -72%
Aetna MedAdvantage $32.62 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $32.62 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $32.94 ↓ -71%
Molina MedAdvantage $33.26 ↓ -71%
WellCare MedAdvantage $33.26 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $34.84 ↓ -70%
Premera Prime $39.69 ↓ -65%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $39.69 ↓ -65%
Premera Signature $39.69 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial $48.47 ↓ -58%
Premera HMO $52.14 ↓ -55%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $53.40 ↓ -53%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $56.92 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $58.60 ↓ -49%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $106.62 ↓ -7%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $132.59 ↑ +15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $138.82 ↑ +21%
Kaiser PPO $143.29 ↑ +25%
First Choice PPO $201.19 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $206.64 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $206.64 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $86.53 $31.97 – $35.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $54.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $113.76 $25.58 – $97.12
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $137.90 $31.97 – $81.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $113.76 $25.58 – $101.77
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $113.76 $25.58 – $70.97
Central Medical Center Seattle $108.80 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $50.44 $31.97 – $78.70

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