Dna probe gc 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

$96.40

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.

$241.00

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.

$4.89 with Molina vs $173.52 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.

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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 $4.89 ↓ -95%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4.94 ↓ -95%
WellPoint Apple Health $4.94 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.03 ↓ -95%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.18 ↓ -95%
Premera HMO $26.88 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $27.13 ↓ -72%
Aetna MedAdvantage $27.13 ↓ -72%
Regence MedAdvantage $27.13 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $27.40 ↓ -72%
WellCare MedAdvantage $27.66 ↓ -71%
Molina MedAdvantage $27.66 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $28.98 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $29.57 ↓ -69%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $30.91 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial $32.26 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $32.26 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $33.33 ↓ -65%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $33.60 ↓ -65%
Premera Signature $33.60 ↓ -65%
Premera Prime $33.60 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $44.41 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $48.73 ↓ -49%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $89.53 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $116.57 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $168.94 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $173.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $173.52 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Dna probe gc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $120.80 $21.00 – $21.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $54.00 $5.00 – $52.68
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $54.00 $5.12 – $52.68
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $57.63 $18.82 – $84.02
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $100.80 $5.38 – $48.73
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $54.00 $5.00 – $52.68
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $54.00 $5.09 – $30.91
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $54.00 $5.12 – $52.68

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