Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$61.20
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.
$153.00
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.
$11.72 with Molina vs $110.16 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 | $11.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $11.83 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $11.83 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $12.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $12.41 | ↓ -80% |
| Premera | HMO | $26.61 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $26.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $26.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $26.86 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $27.12 | ↓ -56% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $27.38 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $27.38 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $28.69 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $29.27 | ↓ -52% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $30.60 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $31.93 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $31.93 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $33.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $33.26 | ↓ -46% |
| Premera | Signature | $33.26 | ↓ -46% |
| Premera | Prime | $33.26 | ↓ -46% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $43.97 | ↓ -28% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $48.24 | ↓ -21% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $56.84 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $74.01 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $107.25 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $110.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $110.16 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $124.11 | $26.61 – $29.27 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $33.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $165.60 | $23.95 – $125.07 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $244.30 | $26.61 – $95.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $165.60 | $23.95 – $121.08 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $165.60 | $23.95 – $125.07 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $116.80 | $31.00 – $31.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $69.16 | $26.61 – $165.78 |