Anal/urinary muscle study 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

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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.

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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.

$92.53 with Molina vs $956.17 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
Molina Apple Health $92.53
WellPoint Apple Health $93.44
Coordinated Care Apple Health $93.44
United Healthcare Apple Health $95.25
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $97.97
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $281.03
Regence MedAdvantage $281.03
Aetna MedAdvantage $281.03
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $283.76
WellCare MedAdvantage $286.49
Molina MedAdvantage $286.49
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $300.13
Premera HMO $379.80
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $460.02
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $504.77
Premera Prime $653.95
Premera Signature $653.95
Premera Other Commercial Plans $653.95
Regence/Asuris Commercial $668.32
Cigna Commercial $784.72
Aetna All Commercial Plans $909.08
Kaiser PPO $956.17

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $771.36 $289.32 – $1,104.03
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $585.90 $278.42 – $728.19
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $771.36 $289.32 – $1,068.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $771.36 $290.13 – $1,104.03
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $448.80 $12.85 – $967.92
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $278.42 – $306.26
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $289.32 – $1,374.17

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