Assay of corticosterone at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$36.00
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.
$90.00
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.
$8.53 with Molina vs $64.80 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $8.53 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $8.62 | ↓ -76% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $8.62 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $8.78 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $9.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Premera | HMO | $22.52 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $22.73 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $22.73 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $22.73 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $22.95 | ↓ -36% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $23.17 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $23.17 | ↓ -36% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $24.28 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $24.77 | ↓ -31% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $25.90 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $27.02 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $27.02 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $27.92 | ↓ -22% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $28.15 | ↓ -22% |
| Premera | Signature | $28.15 | ↓ -22% |
| Premera | Prime | $28.15 | ↓ -22% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $33.44 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $37.21 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $40.83 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $43.53 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $63.09 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $64.80 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $64.80 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of corticosterone at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $100.80 | $17.00 – $17.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $116.90 | $22.52 – $41.66 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $36.00 | $23.31 – $40.42 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $69.05 | $22.52 – $140.81 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $47.78 | $22.52 – $140.81 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $47.59 | $22.52 – $136.81 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $36.00 | $8.73 – $44.14 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $36.00 | $8.93 – $44.14 |