Rbc irradiated each unit 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

$516.00

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.

$1,290.00

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.

$100.90 with Molina vs $928.80 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 $100.90 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Apple Health $101.89 ↓ -80%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $101.89 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Apple Health $103.87 ↓ -80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $106.84 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $159.88 ↓ -69%
Aetna MedAdvantage $159.88 ↓ -69%
Regence MedAdvantage $159.88 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $161.44 ↓ -69%
Molina MedAdvantage $162.99 ↓ -68%
WellCare MedAdvantage $162.99 ↓ -68%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $170.75 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $261.71 ↓ -49%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $287.17 ↓ -44%
Premera HMO $346.79 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $441.06 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $446.44 ↓ -13%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $479.24 ↓ -7%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $557.74 ↑ +8%
Premera Prime $601.85 ↑ +17%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $601.85 ↑ +17%
Premera Signature $601.85 ↑ +17%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $615.07 ↑ +19%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $623.97 ↑ +21%
Kaiser PPO $873.09 ↑ +69%
First Choice PPO $904.29 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $928.80 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $928.80 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Rbc irradiated each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $313.36 $145.22 – $159.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $63.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $232.32 $145.22 – $849.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $313.36 $145.22 – $686.95
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $232.32 $145.22 – $801.44
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $232.32 $145.22 – $849.15
Central Medical Center Seattle $155.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $569.80 $145.22 – $268.66

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →