Chromosome analysis 50-100 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

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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.

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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.

$80.58 with Molina vs $313.96 with Ambetter — 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 $80.58
WellPoint Apple Health $81.37
Coordinated Care Apple Health $81.37
United Healthcare Apple Health $82.95
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $85.32
Premera HMO $173.17
Regence MedAdvantage $174.80
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $174.80
Aetna MedAdvantage $174.80
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $176.49
Molina MedAdvantage $178.19
WellCare MedAdvantage $178.19
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $186.68
Kaiser PPO $190.49
Regence/Asuris Commercial $199.15
Cigna Commercial $207.80
Aetna All Commercial Plans $214.73
Premera Prime $216.46
Premera Signature $216.46
Premera Other Commercial Plans $216.46
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $286.13
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $313.96

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Chromosome analysis 50-100 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $697.92 $155.85 – $813.90
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,493.10 $173.17 – $623.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $697.92 $155.85 – $787.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $697.92 $155.85 – $813.90
Central Medical Center Seattle $778.40 $470.00 – $470.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $261.10 $173.17 – $320.36
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $173.17 – $190.49
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $173.17 – $1,078.85

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →