Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$1,307.20
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.
$3,268.00
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.
$623.18 with Molina vs $2,887.92 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.
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 | $623.18 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $629.29 | ↓ -52% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $629.29 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $641.51 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $659.84 | ↓ -50% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $796.52 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $796.52 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $796.52 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $804.25 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $811.99 | ↓ -38% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $811.99 | ↓ -38% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $850.65 | ↓ -35% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,147.13 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,214.06 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,303.82 | ↓ -0% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,430.64 | ↑ +9% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,580.73 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,861.67 | ↑ +42% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,861.67 | ↑ +42% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,861.67 | ↑ +42% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $1,902.55 | ↑ +46% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,197.27 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,224.10 | ↑ +70% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,290.87 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,352.96 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,352.96 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,629.90 | ↑ +101% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,887.92 | ↑ +121% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,899.84 | $820.01 – $2,867.05 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,369.50 | $789.10 – $2,008.27 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,899.84 | $820.01 – $2,775.55 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,899.84 | $822.31 – $2,867.05 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $807.80 | $623.43 – $2,769.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $3,678.50 | $102.98 – $2,263.14 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,922.90 | $789.10 – $3,379.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,870.92 | $806.42 – $5,987.00 |