Drug test def 1-7 classes 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

$118.80

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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$297.00

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.

$21.69 with Molina vs $213.84 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 $21.69 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $21.90 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $21.90 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $22.33 ↓ -81%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $22.96 ↓ -81%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $110.34 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $114.43 ↓ -4%
Aetna MedAdvantage $115.51 ↓ -3%
Regence MedAdvantage $115.51 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $115.51 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $116.63 ↓ -2%
Molina MedAdvantage $117.75 ↓ -1%
WellCare MedAdvantage $117.75 ↓ -1%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $123.36 ↑ +4%
Kaiser PPO $125.87 ↑ +6%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $131.59 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Commercial $137.32 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial $137.32 ↑ +16%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $141.89 ↑ +19%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $143.04 ↑ +20%
Premera Signature $143.04 ↑ +20%
Premera Prime $143.04 ↑ +20%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $143.66 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $189.07 ↑ +59%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $207.46 ↑ +75%
First Choice PPO $208.20 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $213.84 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $213.84 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Drug test def 1-7 classes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $150.72 $102.99 – $537.82
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $150.72 $102.99 – $520.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $150.72 $102.99 – $537.82
Central Medical Center Seattle $297.60 $87.00 – $87.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $231.00 $114.43 – $447.42
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $99.20 $118.43 – $205.38
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $203.97 $114.43 – $289.31
St. Anne Hospital Burien $141.13 $114.43 – $289.31

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