Set radiation therapy field 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

$557.20

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.

$1,393.00

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.

$129.92 with Molina vs $1,596.30 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 $129.92 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $131.19 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $131.19 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Apple Health $133.74 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $137.56 ↓ -75%
Regence MedAdvantage $421.17 ↓ -24%
Aetna MedAdvantage $421.17 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $421.17 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $425.26 ↓ -24%
Molina MedAdvantage $429.34 ↓ -23%
WellCare MedAdvantage $429.34 ↓ -23%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $449.79 ↓ -19%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $517.50 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $634.07 ↑ +14%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $673.79 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $689.40 ↑ +24%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $756.46 ↑ +36%
First Choice PPO $976.49 ↑ +75%
Premera Prime $977.69 ↑ +75%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $977.69 ↑ +75%
Premera Signature $977.69 ↑ +75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $999.15 ↑ +79%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,002.96 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,002.96 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,161.81 ↑ +109%
Cigna Commercial $1,176.00 ↑ +111%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,368.33 ↑ +146%
Kaiser PPO $1,596.30 ↑ +186%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Set radiation therapy field at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,476.48 $433.59 – $1,575.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $791.70 $417.24 – $1,206.58
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,476.48 $433.59 – $1,524.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,476.48 $434.80 – $1,575.25
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,920.00 $367.00 – $367.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,466.92 $433.59 – $2,088.05
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,955.10 $327.41 – $771.90
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,798.30 $417.24 – $1,310.48

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