Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$58.80
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.
$147.00
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.
$5.62 with Molina vs $105.84 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.
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 | $5.62 | ↓ -90% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $5.67 | ↓ -90% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $5.67 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $5.78 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $5.95 | ↓ -90% |
| Premera | HMO | $13.39 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $13.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $13.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $13.52 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $13.65 | ↓ -77% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $13.78 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $13.78 | ↓ -77% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $14.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $14.73 | ↓ -75% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $15.40 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $16.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $16.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Premera | Signature | $16.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Premera | Prime | $16.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $16.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $22.12 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $24.28 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $45.26 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $54.61 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $71.10 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $103.05 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $105.84 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $105.84 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $175.14 | $13.39 – $14.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $65.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $87.84 | $12.05 – $40.68 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $51.10 | $13.39 – $34.08 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $87.84 | $12.05 – $40.17 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $87.84 | $12.05 – $29.73 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $100.80 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $146.64 | $13.39 – $39.15 |