Esophagus motility study at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$603.60
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.
$1,509.00
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.
$419.73 with Blue Cross of Idaho vs $2,151.26 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 |
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| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $419.73 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $419.73 | ↓ -30% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $419.73 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $423.81 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $427.89 | ↓ -29% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $427.89 | ↓ -29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $448.26 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $456.13 | ↓ -24% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $460.60 | ↓ -24% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $460.60 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $469.54 | ↓ -22% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $482.96 | ↓ -20% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $560.59 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $687.06 | ↑ +14% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $729.90 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $753.89 | ↑ +25% |
| Premera | HMO | $854.51 | ↑ +42% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,057.81 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,086.48 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,086.48 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,157.87 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,172.01 | ↑ +94% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,418.21 | ↑ +135% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,418.21 | ↑ +135% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,418.21 | ↑ +135% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $1,449.36 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,983.30 | ↑ +229% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,151.26 | ↑ +256% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Esophagus motility study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $596.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,503.36 | $432.11 – $2,282.37 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,550.50 | $415.83 – $1,748.20 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,503.36 | $432.11 – $2,209.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,503.36 | $433.33 – $2,282.37 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,917.60 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $627.90 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $869.61 | $1,241.33 – $2,278.41 |