Fetal cord puncture prenatal 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

$514.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,285.00

Gross charge

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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.

$342.77 with Regence vs $1,299.22 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.

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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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Regence MedAdvantage $342.77 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $342.77 ↓ -33%
Aetna MedAdvantage $342.77 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $346.09 ↓ -33%
Molina MedAdvantage $349.42 ↓ -32%
WellCare MedAdvantage $349.42 ↓ -32%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $366.06 ↓ -29%
Molina Apple Health $441.48 ↓ -14%
WellPoint Apple Health $445.80 ↓ -13%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $445.80 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Apple Health $454.46 ↓ -12%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $467.45 ↓ -9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $477.38 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $516.06 ↑ +0%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $561.07 ↑ +9%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $615.65 ↑ +20%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $621.55 ↑ +21%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $848.86 ↑ +65%
Premera Signature $848.86 ↑ +65%
Premera Prime $848.86 ↑ +65%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $867.49 ↑ +69%
First Choice PPO $900.79 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $925.20 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $925.20 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $945.56 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial $957.10 ↑ +86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,137.02 ↑ +121%
Kaiser PPO $1,299.22 ↑ +153%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Fetal cord puncture prenatal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $989.28 $352.87 – $1,272.38
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $5,629.40 $339.57 – $864.22
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $989.28 $352.87 – $1,231.78
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $989.28 $353.86 – $1,272.38
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $764.92 $347.03 – $1,055.81
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $339.57 – $373.53
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $352.87 – $1,583.71

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