Radiation treatment delivery 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

$359.60

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.

$899.00

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.

$114.77 with Blue Cross of Idaho vs $647.28 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
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $114.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna MedAdvantage $114.77 ↓ -68%
Regence MedAdvantage $114.77 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $115.88 ↓ -68%
WellCare MedAdvantage $116.99 ↓ -67%
Molina MedAdvantage $116.99 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $122.56 ↓ -66%
Molina Apple Health $124.14 ↓ -65%
WellPoint Apple Health $125.36 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $125.36 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Apple Health $127.79 ↓ -64%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $131.44 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $187.86 ↓ -48%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $206.13 ↓ -43%
Premera HMO $216.33 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $316.59 ↓ -12%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $317.29 ↓ -12%
Premera Signature $317.29 ↓ -12%
Premera Prime $317.29 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial $320.46 ↓ -11%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $324.25 ↓ -10%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $333.98 ↓ -7%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $409.29 ↑ +14%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $434.85 ↑ +21%
Kaiser PPO $544.64 ↑ +51%
First Choice PPO $630.20 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $647.28 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $647.28 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Radiation treatment delivery at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $500.64 $118.15 – $576.74
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $188.30 $113.70 – $441.76
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $500.64 $118.15 – $558.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $500.64 $118.48 – $576.74
Central Medical Center Seattle $424.00 $110.00 – $110.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $519.48 $118.15 – $764.48
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $533.40 $106.25 – $210.34
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $176.40 $113.70 – $629.70

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