Culture body fluid at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$37.60
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.
$94.00
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.
$4.89 with Molina vs $67.68 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 | $4.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $4.94 | ↓ -87% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $4.94 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $5.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $5.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Premera | HMO | $8.62 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $8.70 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $8.70 | ↓ -77% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $8.70 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $8.79 | ↓ -77% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $8.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $8.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $9.29 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $9.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $9.91 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $10.34 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $10.34 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $10.69 | ↓ -72% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $10.77 | ↓ -71% |
| Premera | Signature | $10.77 | ↓ -71% |
| Premera | Prime | $10.77 | ↓ -71% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $14.24 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $15.63 | ↓ -58% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $34.92 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $45.47 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $65.89 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $67.68 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $67.68 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Culture body fluid at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $267.12 | $8.62 – $9.48 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $127.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $54.24 | $7.76 – $40.51 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $379.40 | $8.62 – $31.03 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $54.24 | $7.76 – $39.22 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $54.24 | $7.76 – $40.51 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $111.20 | $7.00 – $7.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $278.20 | $8.62 – $53.70 |