Removal cerclage without anes at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$251.60
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.
$629.00
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.
$227.41 with Blue Cross of Idaho vs $792.68 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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| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $227.41 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $227.41 | ↓ -10% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $227.41 | ↓ -10% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $229.61 | ↓ -9% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $231.82 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $231.82 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $233.67 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $242.86 | ↓ -3% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $304.25 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | HMO | $314.86 | ↑ +25% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $372.24 | ↑ +48% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $408.45 | ↑ +62% |
| First Choice | PPO | $440.93 | ↑ +75% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $441.48 | ↑ +75% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $445.80 | ↑ +77% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $445.80 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $452.88 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $452.88 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $454.46 | ↑ +81% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $467.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Premera | Signature | $527.27 | ↑ +110% |
| Premera | Prime | $527.27 | ↑ +110% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $527.27 | ↑ +110% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $538.84 | ↑ +114% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $627.33 | ↑ +149% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $634.99 | ↑ +152% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $751.96 | ↑ +199% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $792.68 | ↑ +215% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Removal cerclage without anes at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $151.20 | $241.19 – $620.20 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,610.40 | $335.36 – $839.53 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,806.06 | $228.90 – $479.08 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,798.92 | $383.27 – $484.67 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $158.00 | $230.07 – $970.48 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $158.00 | $231.23 – $970.48 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,958.90 | $383.27 – $484.67 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $2,090.01 | $90.50 – $479.08 |