Esoph imped function test at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$534.80
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.
$1,337.00
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.
$242.87 with Blue Cross of Idaho vs $1,246.27 with Kaiser — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $242.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $242.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $242.87 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $245.23 | ↓ -54% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $247.59 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $247.59 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $259.38 | ↓ -51% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $397.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $436.23 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $456.13 | ↓ -15% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $460.60 | ↓ -14% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $460.60 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $469.54 | ↓ -12% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $482.96 | ↓ -10% |
| Premera | HMO | $495.03 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $496.70 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $646.71 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $670.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $678.18 | ↑ +27% |
| Premera | Signature | $830.54 | ↑ +55% |
| Premera | Prime | $830.54 | ↑ +55% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $830.54 | ↑ +55% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $848.76 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | PPO | $937.24 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $962.64 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $962.64 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,163.95 | ↑ +118% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,246.27 | ↑ +133% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Esoph imped function test at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $828.96 | $250.04 – $1,189.57 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $828.96 | $250.04 – $1,151.61 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $828.96 | $250.74 – $1,189.57 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $904.00 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $604.99 | $863.59 – $1,319.92 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $418.58 | $589.44 – $1,233.70 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $416.92 | $411.71 – $1,028.08 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $454.00 | $411.71 – $1,028.08 |