Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 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

$1,886.00

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.

$4,715.00

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.

$1,113.76 with Molina vs $7,113.59 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 $1,113.76 ↓ -41%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,124.68 ↓ -40%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,124.68 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,146.51 ↓ -39%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,179.27 ↓ -37%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,751.62 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $2,002.06 ↑ +6%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,002.06 ↑ +6%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,002.06 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,021.50 ↑ +7%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,040.94 ↑ +8%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,040.94 ↑ +8%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,138.13 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,280.65 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $2,649.00 ↑ +40%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,277.16 ↑ +74%
First Choice PPO $3,305.22 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $3,394.80 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $3,394.80 ↑ +80%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,595.94 ↑ +91%
Premera Signature $4,491.00 ↑ +138%
Premera Prime $4,491.00 ↑ +138%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,491.00 ↑ +138%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $4,589.61 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,522.87 ↑ +193%
Cigna Commercial $5,590.30 ↑ +196%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,445.82 ↑ +242%
Kaiser PPO $7,113.59 ↑ +277%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,999.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,877.44 $2,061.10 – $6,967.07
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,081.10 $1,983.42 – $5,047.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,877.44 $2,061.10 – $6,709.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,877.44 $2,066.89 – $6,967.07
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $345.10 not published
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,900.80 $2,123.39 – $5,282.52
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,418.59 $2,024.96 – $7,534.01

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