55/100
#1,108 nationally
Multicare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Avenue, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 · (509) 924-6650
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Multicare Valley Hospital billed $4.71 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 51
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #13
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $90,165 | $12,705 | +44% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
166 | $45,161 | $15,601 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $9,614 | $1,852 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $19,214 | $3,225 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $44,121 | $6,987 | +11% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $35,572 | $5,630 | about average |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $8,892 | $1,551 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $8,201 | $1,850 | -30% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $18,979 | $2,718 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $12,301 | $1,558 | +22% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,463 | $9,020 | +79% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$90,165 | $12,705 | +44% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$117,489 | $18,661 | +42% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$102,743 | $18,820 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,301 | $1,558 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,035 | $3,370 | +21% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$132,655 | $31,071 | +18% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,121 | $6,987 | +11% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,552 | $1,703 | -60% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$23,585 | $10,572 | -51% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$39,364 | $13,996 | -45% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$34,160 | $11,710 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,177 | $2,816 | -39% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$36,540 | $12,928 | -34% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$35,462 | $11,706 | -33% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$27,564 | $9,612 | -32% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.