Drug test def 8-14 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

$163.60

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.

$409.00

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.

$74.43 with Molina vs $294.48 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 $74.43 ↓ -55%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $75.15 ↓ -54%
WellPoint Apple Health $75.15 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Apple Health $76.61 ↓ -53%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $78.80 ↓ -52%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $151.94 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $156.59 ↓ -4%
Aetna MedAdvantage $158.06 ↓ -3%
Regence MedAdvantage $158.06 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $158.06 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $159.60 ↓ -2%
Molina MedAdvantage $161.13 ↓ -2%
WellCare MedAdvantage $161.13 ↓ -2%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $168.80 ↑ +3%
Kaiser PPO $172.25 ↑ +5%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $180.08 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Commercial $187.91 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial $187.91 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $194.17 ↑ +19%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $195.74 ↑ +20%
Premera Signature $195.74 ↑ +20%
Premera Prime $195.74 ↑ +20%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $197.83 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $258.73 ↑ +58%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $283.90 ↑ +74%
First Choice PPO $286.71 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $294.48 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $294.48 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Drug test def 8-14 classes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $641.28 $140.93 – $735.97
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $641.28 $140.93 – $712.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $641.28 $140.93 – $735.97
Central Medical Center Seattle $376.00 $119.00 – $119.00
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $135.60 $162.07 – $281.04
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $165.32 $156.59 – $366.42
St. Anne Hospital Burien $114.38 $156.59 – $337.11
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $113.93 $156.59 – $310.05

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