Valvuloplasty aortic at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$10,473.20
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.
$26,183.00
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.
$5,833.67 with Molina vs $23,208.53 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 | $5,833.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $5,890.87 | ↓ -44% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $5,890.87 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $6,005.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $6,176.83 | ↓ -41% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $6,401.98 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $6,401.98 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $6,401.98 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $6,464.14 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $6,526.29 | ↓ -38% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $6,526.29 | ↓ -38% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $6,837.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Premera | HMO | $8,642.58 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $9,726.98 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $10,479.36 | ↑ +0% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $11,498.70 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $12,664.72 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Signature | $15,123.73 | ↑ +44% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $15,123.73 | ↑ +44% |
| Premera | Prime | $15,123.73 | ↑ +44% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $15,455.84 | ↑ +48% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $17,660.46 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $17,876.09 | ↑ +71% |
| First Choice | PPO | $18,354.28 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $18,851.76 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $18,851.76 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $21,311.40 | ↑ +103% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $23,208.53 | ↑ +122% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $24,125.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $12,660.90 | $6,342.36 – $16,141.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $23,233.84 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $17,334.72 | $6,609.26 – $24,125.54 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $11,677.40 | $2,227.73 – $18,379.01 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,262.40 | $6,481.57 – $18,775.32 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $7,757.36 | $5,563.90 – $23,283.38 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $5,704.28 | $8,142.54 – $24,580.18 |