Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv 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.

$1,651.27 with Molina vs $12,582.11 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 $1,651.27
WellPoint Apple Health $1,667.46
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,667.46
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,699.83
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,748.40
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3,641.18
Regence MedAdvantage $3,641.18
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,641.18
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,676.53
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,711.88
Molina MedAdvantage $3,711.88
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,888.64
Premera HMO $4,685.41
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,960.22
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6,539.99
Premera Prime $8,272.40
Premera Signature $8,272.40
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8,272.40
Regence/Asuris Commercial $8,454.05
Cigna Commercial $10,167.19
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11,884.58
Kaiser PPO $12,582.11

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Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $6,279.60 $1,689.02 – $15,538.94
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $6,279.60 $1,728.07 – $15,538.94
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $3,417.51 $5.06 – $542.68
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $6,279.60 $1,817.65 – $16,748.02
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $6,279.60 $1,689.02 – $15,538.94
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $6,279.60 $1,720.14 – $22,237.82
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $6,279.60 $1,728.75 – $15,538.94
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,607.27 – $3,968.00

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