Rmvl sq defib electrode 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

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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.

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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.

$1,152.66 with Molina vs $14,911.64 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
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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 $1,152.66
WellPoint Apple Health $1,163.96
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,163.96
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,186.56
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,220.46
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $4,203.40
Regence MedAdvantage $4,203.40
Aetna MedAdvantage $4,203.40
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4,244.21
WellCare MedAdvantage $4,285.02
Molina MedAdvantage $4,285.02
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4,489.07
Premera HMO $5,923.10
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,880.52
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7,549.80
Premera Prime $10,390.91
Premera Signature $10,390.91
Premera Other Commercial Plans $10,390.91
Regence/Asuris Commercial $10,619.09
Cigna Commercial $11,737.08
Aetna All Commercial Plans $13,603.14
Kaiser PPO $14,911.64

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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,626.56 $4,327.36 – $14,024.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,067.90 $4,164.26 – $10,598.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,626.56 $4,327.36 – $13,577.25
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,626.56 $4,339.50 – $14,024.85
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $5,310.90 $590.35 – $11,070.68
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,275.35 $3,247.93 – $15,792.93
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,574.25 $2,216.84 – $4,639.90
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,568.03 $3,711.92 – $9,117.55

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →