Bone marrow interpretation 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

$1,202.00

Cash price

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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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$3,005.00

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.

$26.92 with Molina vs $3,455.47 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

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 $26.92 ↓ -98%
WellPoint Apple Health $27.18 ↓ -98%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $27.18 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Apple Health $27.71 ↓ -98%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $28.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $906.24 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $906.24 ↓ -25%
Regence MedAdvantage $906.24 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $915.04 ↓ -24%
Molina MedAdvantage $923.84 ↓ -23%
WellCare MedAdvantage $923.84 ↓ -23%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $967.83 ↓ -19%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,116.36 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $1,372.56 ↑ +14%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,453.52 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,483.42 ↑ +23%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,627.72 ↑ +35%
First Choice PPO $2,106.51 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,163.60 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,163.60 ↑ +80%
Premera Signature $2,275.27 ↑ +89%
Premera Prime $2,275.27 ↑ +89%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,275.27 ↑ +89%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $2,325.23 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,499.95 ↑ +108%
Cigna Commercial $2,530.48 ↑ +111%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,053.46 ↑ +154%
Kaiser PPO $3,455.47 ↑ +187%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Bone marrow interpretation at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $82.60 $99.03 – $2,284.91
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,939.20 $817.00 – $817.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $185.50 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $82.60 $99.04 – $2,356.74
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $391.60 $961.16 – $2,676.29
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $458.53 $133.84 – $3,659.69
St. Anne Hospital Burien $317.25 $75.62 – $935.04
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $315.99 $75.62 – $2,112.81

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