Unlisted px biliary tract 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

$1,767.20

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.

$4,418.00

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.

$1,020.19 with Regence vs $3,673.52 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
Regence MedAdvantage $1,020.19 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $1,020.19 ↓ -42%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,020.19 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,030.10 ↓ -42%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,040.00 ↓ -41%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,040.00 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,089.53 ↓ -38%
Premera HMO $1,367.98 ↓ -23%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,641.29 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,669.95 ↓ -6%
Molina Apple Health $1,708.74 ↓ -3%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,725.49 ↓ -2%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,725.49 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,759.00 ↓ -0%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,809.25 ↑ +2%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,832.39 ↑ +4%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,136.99 ↑ +21%
Premera Prime $2,398.57 ↑ +36%
Premera Signature $2,398.57 ↑ +36%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,398.57 ↑ +36%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $2,451.24 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,814.30 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial $2,848.66 ↑ +61%
First Choice PPO $3,097.02 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,180.96 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,180.96 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,504.45 ↑ +98%
Kaiser PPO $3,673.52 ↑ +108%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Unlisted px biliary tract at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,381.28 $1,050.28 – $3,693.82
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,048.80 $1,010.69 – $2,572.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,381.28 $1,050.28 – $3,575.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,381.28 $1,053.23 – $3,693.82
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $2,628.54 $714.88 – $3,043.88
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,010.69 – $1,111.76
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,050.28 – $4,597.63

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