Assay of prostaglandin at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$149.60
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.
$374.00
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.
$21.96 with Molina vs $269.28 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 | $21.96 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $22.17 | ↓ -85% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $22.17 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $22.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $23.25 | ↓ -84% |
| Premera | HMO | $41.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $42.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $42.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $42.16 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $42.57 | ↓ -72% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $42.98 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $42.98 | ↓ -71% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $45.03 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $45.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $48.04 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $50.12 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $50.12 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $51.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $52.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | Signature | $52.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Premera | Prime | $52.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $69.02 | ↓ -54% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $75.73 | ↓ -49% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $138.94 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $180.90 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $262.17 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $269.28 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $269.28 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of prostaglandin at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $188.00 | $32.00 – $32.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $442.40 | $41.77 – $77.27 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $66.80 | $43.24 – $74.97 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $48.40 | $22.46 – $81.87 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $48.40 | $22.98 – $81.87 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $63.75 | $29.24 – $130.56 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $98.40 | $24.17 – $75.73 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $48.40 | $22.46 – $81.87 |