Transcath biopsy at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$8,833.60
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.
$22,084.00
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.
$2,425.84 with Molina vs $22,871.93 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $2,425.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $2,449.62 | ↓ -72% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $2,449.62 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $2,497.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $2,568.53 | ↓ -71% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,259.04 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $6,259.04 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,259.04 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $6,319.81 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $6,380.58 | ↓ -28% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,380.58 | ↓ -28% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $6,684.41 | ↓ -24% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $8,204.21 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $9,085.03 | ↑ +3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $10,245.38 | ↑ +16% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $10,682.03 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $11,241.97 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | Signature | $14,540.76 | ↑ +65% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $14,540.76 | ↑ +65% |
| Premera | Prime | $14,540.76 | ↑ +65% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $14,860.06 | ↑ +68% |
| First Choice | PPO | $15,480.88 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $15,900.48 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $15,900.48 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $17,266.15 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $17,476.97 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $20,205.68 | ↑ +129% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $22,871.93 | ↑ +159% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Transcath biopsy at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $13,631.52 | $6,443.62 – $22,383.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,680.90 | $6,022.00 – $15,780.92 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $13,631.52 | $6,443.62 – $21,556.13 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $13,631.52 | $6,461.70 – $22,383.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,451.60 | $356.27 – $17,051.86 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,898.60 | $3,313.00 – $16,276.98 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $8,184.80 | $5,987.00 – $17,419.56 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $9,877.40 | $3,870.00 – $21,602.09 |