Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$272.80
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.
$682.00
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.
$53.84 with Molina vs $491.04 with First Health — 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 | $53.84 | ↓ -80% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $54.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $54.37 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $55.42 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $57.01 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $117.59 | ↓ -57% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $117.59 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $117.59 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $118.74 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $119.88 | ↓ -56% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $119.88 | ↓ -56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $125.59 | ↓ -54% |
| Premera | HMO | $188.92 | ↓ -31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $192.49 | ↓ -29% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $211.21 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $253.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | Signature | $290.91 | ↑ +7% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $290.91 | ↑ +7% |
| Premera | Prime | $290.91 | ↑ +7% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $297.29 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $324.39 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $328.36 | ↑ +20% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $329.88 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $397.49 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $475.62 | ↑ +74% |
| First Choice | PPO | $478.08 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $491.04 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $491.04 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $264.48 | $121.06 – $526.78 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $264.48 | $121.06 – $509.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $264.48 | $121.40 – $526.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $368.00 | $107.00 – $107.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $397.28 | $121.06 – $698.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $404.60 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $203.04 | $93.81 – $504.36 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $581.70 | $97.42 – $215.52 |