Cell function assay w/stim at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$600.00
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.
$1,500.00
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.
$20.55 with Molina vs $1,080.00 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $20.55 | ↓ -97% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $20.75 | ↓ -97% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $20.75 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $21.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $21.75 | ↓ -96% |
| Premera | HMO | $135.86 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $137.14 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $137.14 | ↓ -77% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $137.14 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $138.47 | ↓ -77% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $139.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $139.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $146.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $149.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $156.24 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $163.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $163.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $168.47 | ↓ -72% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $169.83 | ↓ -72% |
| Premera | Signature | $169.83 | ↓ -72% |
| Premera | Prime | $169.83 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $224.48 | ↓ -63% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $246.31 | ↓ -59% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $557.25 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $725.55 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,051.50 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,080.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,080.00 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cell function assay w/stim at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $521.76 | $122.27 – $638.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,215.20 | $135.86 – $489.10 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $521.76 | $122.27 – $618.16 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $521.76 | $122.27 – $638.54 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $242.90 | $135.86 – $251.34 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $164.71 | $135.86 – $335.87 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $113.96 | $135.86 – $798.58 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $113.51 | $135.86 – $825.53 |