Sm-153 lexidron ther 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

$47,621.20

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.

$119,053.00

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.

$3,159.80 with United Healthcare vs $85,718.16 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
United Healthcare Commercial $3,159.80 ↓ -93%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,189.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,189.50 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3,189.50 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,220.47 ↓ -93%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,251.43 ↓ -93%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,251.43 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,406.26 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,220.87 ↓ -89%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,728.72 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $6,040.87 ↓ -87%
Molina Apple Health $8,979.58 ↓ -81%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $9,067.62 ↓ -81%
WellPoint Apple Health $9,067.62 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Apple Health $9,243.69 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9,507.79 ↓ -80%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $25,889.78 ↓ -46%
Premera HMO $27,615.76 ↓ -42%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $38,834.67 ↓ -18%
Premera Prime $38,834.67 ↓ -18%
Premera Signature $38,834.67 ↓ -18%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $44,228.19 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $57,585.94 ↑ +21%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $73,507.46 ↑ +54%
Kaiser PPO $76,806.33 ↑ +61%
First Choice PPO $83,456.15 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $85,718.16 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $85,718.16 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Sm-153 lexidron ther at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $9,754.66 $13,924.23 – $81,345.67
St. Anne Hospital Burien $6,748.96 $9,503.84 – $37,580.40
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $6,722.28 $15,913.41 – $46,962.33
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $25,860.40 $3,096.60 – $79,913.11
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $25,860.40 $3,096.60 – $79,913.11
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $7,320.12 $15,913.41 – $46,962.33
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $7,810.05 $3,757.34 – $19,891.76
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $15,136.80 $3,020.44 – $51,123.68

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