C-reactive protein, quantitative 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

$47.20

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.

$118.00

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.

$7.07 with Molina vs $84.96 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.

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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 $7.07 ↓ -85%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.14 ↓ -85%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.14 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.28 ↓ -85%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.49 ↓ -84%
Premera HMO $10.64 ↓ -77%
Regence MedAdvantage $10.74 ↓ -77%
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.74 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $10.74 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.84 ↓ -77%
Molina MedAdvantage $10.95 ↓ -77%
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.95 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $11.47 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $11.70 ↓ -75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $12.24 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $12.77 ↓ -73%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $13.19 ↓ -72%
Premera Signature $13.30 ↓ -72%
Premera Prime $13.30 ↓ -72%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $13.30 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $17.58 ↓ -63%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $19.29 ↓ -59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $43.84 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $57.08 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $82.72 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $84.96 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $84.96 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $40.80 $9.58 – $50.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $40.80 $9.58 – $48.41
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $40.80 $9.58 – $50.01
Central Medical Center Seattle $48.00 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $44.20 $10.64 – $44.69
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $44.20 $9.04 – $59.58
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $29.60 $7.24 – $20.85
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $29.60 $7.40 – $20.85

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →