Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox 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

$70.80

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.

$177.00

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.

$8.25 with Molina vs $127.44 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 $8.25 ↓ -88%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.33 ↓ -88%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.33 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.49 ↓ -88%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.73 ↓ -88%
Premera HMO $17.11 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $17.27 ↓ -76%
Aetna MedAdvantage $17.27 ↓ -76%
Regence MedAdvantage $17.27 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $17.44 ↓ -75%
WellCare MedAdvantage $17.61 ↓ -75%
Molina MedAdvantage $17.61 ↓ -75%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $18.44 ↓ -74%
Kaiser PPO $18.82 ↓ -73%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $19.68 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $20.53 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $20.53 ↓ -71%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $21.22 ↓ -70%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $21.39 ↓ -70%
Premera Signature $21.39 ↓ -70%
Premera Prime $21.39 ↓ -70%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $28.27 ↓ -60%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $31.02 ↓ -56%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $65.76 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $85.61 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $124.08 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $127.44 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $127.44 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $105.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $132.30 $17.11 – $61.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.80 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $151.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $130.90 $17.11 – $31.65
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $62.19 $17.11 – $126.81
St. Anne Hospital Burien $43.03 $17.11 – $126.81
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $42.86 $17.11 – $105.67

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