Bx breast perq without image 19100 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

$2,478.00

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.

$6,195.00

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.

$949.09 with Molina vs $6,673.00 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 $949.09 ↓ -62%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $958.40 ↓ -61%
WellPoint Apple Health $958.40 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Apple Health $977.01 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,004.92 ↓ -59%
Regence MedAdvantage $1,857.75 ↓ -25%
Aetna MedAdvantage $1,857.75 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $1,857.75 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $1,875.78 ↓ -24%
Molina MedAdvantage $1,893.82 ↓ -24%
WellCare MedAdvantage $1,893.82 ↓ -24%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $1,984.00 ↓ -20%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,301.44 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $2,650.61 ↑ +7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,996.52 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,040.94 ↑ +23%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,336.73 ↑ +35%
Premera Prime $4,289.94 ↑ +73%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4,289.94 ↑ +73%
Premera Signature $4,289.94 ↑ +73%
First Choice PPO $4,342.70 ↑ +75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $4,384.15 ↑ +77%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $4,460.40 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,460.40 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,124.79 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial $5,187.36 ↑ +109%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,056.19 ↑ +144%
Kaiser PPO $6,673.00 ↑ +169%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Bx breast perq without image 19100 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,420.32 $1,912.53 – $6,684.56
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,420.32 $1,912.53 – $6,437.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,420.32 $1,917.90 – $6,684.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,760.00 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,135.40 not published
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $675.48 $1,880.84 – $5,987.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $937.05 $1,337.58 – $7,067.38
St. Anne Hospital Burien $648.32 $912.96 – $1,910.83

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