Hbb full gene sequence 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

$519.20

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.

$1,298.00

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.

$80.58 with Molina vs $1,097.08 with Aetna — 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 $80.58 ↓ -84%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $81.37 ↓ -84%
WellPoint Apple Health $81.37 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Apple Health $82.95 ↓ -84%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $85.32 ↓ -84%
Premera HMO $324.58 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $327.63 ↓ -37%
Aetna MedAdvantage $327.63 ↓ -37%
Regence MedAdvantage $327.63 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $330.81 ↓ -36%
WellCare MedAdvantage $333.99 ↓ -36%
Molina MedAdvantage $333.99 ↓ -36%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $349.90 ↓ -33%
Kaiser PPO $357.04 ↓ -31%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $373.27 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Commercial $389.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial $389.50 ↓ -25%
Premera Signature $405.72 ↓ -22%
Premera Prime $405.72 ↓ -22%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $405.72 ↓ -22%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $482.21 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $536.30 ↑ +3%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $588.46 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $627.84 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $909.90 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $934.56 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $934.56 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,097.08 ↑ +111%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Hbb full gene sequence at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,284.00 $292.12 – $986.07
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,284.00 $292.12 – $973.74
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,284.00 $292.12 – $720.57
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,009.60 $200.00 – $200.00
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $1,284.00 $324.58 – $1,298.32
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $368.80 $324.45 – $593.98
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $465.04 $324.58 – $948.32
St. Anne Hospital Burien $321.75 $324.58 – $948.32

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →