Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$2,220.40

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.

$5,551.00

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.

$805.88 with Molina vs $11,495.46 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 $805.88 ↓ -64%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $813.78 ↓ -63%
WellPoint Apple Health $813.78 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Apple Health $829.58 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $853.28 ↓ -62%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,262.30 ↓ -43%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,643.10 ↓ -26%
First Choice PPO $2,381.38 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3,267.28 ↑ +47%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,267.28 ↑ +47%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,267.28 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,299.00 ↑ +49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,330.72 ↑ +50%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,330.72 ↑ +50%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,489.33 ↑ +57%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,996.72 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,996.72 ↑ +80%
Premera HMO $4,280.77 ↑ +93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,348.19 ↑ +141%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,868.42 ↑ +164%
Premera Signature $7,518.62 ↑ +239%
Premera Prime $7,518.62 ↑ +239%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $7,518.62 ↑ +239%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $7,683.73 ↑ +246%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,013.11 ↑ +306%
Cigna Commercial $9,123.16 ↑ +311%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $10,697.90 ↑ +382%
Kaiser PPO $11,495.46 ↑ +418%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $161.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,604.64 $3,363.63 – $11,292.99
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,419.10 $3,236.85 – $8,237.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,604.64 $3,363.63 – $10,875.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,604.64 $3,373.07 – $11,292.99
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $161.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $4,489.10 $2,517.84 – $5,988.18
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,464.00 $127.94 – $8,603.08

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