Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc 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

$35.20

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.

$88.00

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.

$3.31 with Molina vs $63.36 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 $3.31 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.34 ↓ -91%
WellPoint Apple Health $3.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.41 ↓ -90%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.51 ↓ -90%
Premera HMO $9.81 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $9.90 ↓ -72%
Aetna MedAdvantage $9.90 ↓ -72%
Regence MedAdvantage $9.90 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.00 ↓ -72%
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.09 ↓ -71%
Molina MedAdvantage $10.09 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.58 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $10.79 ↓ -69%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $11.28 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.77 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $11.77 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $12.16 ↓ -65%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $12.26 ↓ -65%
Premera Signature $12.26 ↓ -65%
Premera Prime $12.26 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $16.21 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $17.79 ↓ -49%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $32.69 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $42.57 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $61.69 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $63.36 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $63.36 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $42.72 $8.83 – $46.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $175.70 $9.81 – $35.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $42.72 $8.83 – $44.64
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $42.72 $8.83 – $46.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $44.00 $7.00 – $7.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $165.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $28.70 $9.81 – $18.15
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $65.10 $9.81 – $38.36

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