Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$176.40
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.
$441.00
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.
$34.35 with Molina vs $317.52 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 | $34.35 | ↓ -81% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $34.69 | ↓ -80% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $34.69 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $35.36 | ↓ -80% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $36.37 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $110.29 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $113.60 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $113.60 | ↓ -36% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $113.60 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $114.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $115.80 | ↓ -34% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $115.80 | ↓ -34% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $121.32 | ↓ -31% |
| Premera | Prime | $142.84 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $142.84 | ↓ -19% |
| Premera | Signature | $142.84 | ↓ -19% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $163.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $184.74 | ↑ +5% |
| Premera | HMO | $185.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $185.95 | ↑ +5% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $201.33 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $203.74 | ↑ +15% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $204.04 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $211.15 | ↑ +20% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $213.31 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $309.14 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $317.52 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $317.52 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $701.28 | $92.98 – $353.08 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $580.30 | $116.22 – $295.78 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $701.28 | $92.98 – $361.62 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $701.28 | $92.98 – $258.01 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $440.00 | $111.00 – $111.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $485.16 | $116.22 – $612.95 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $584.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $545.30 | $114.27 – $215.01 |