Hexa gene 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

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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.

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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.

$29.39 with Molina vs $173.90 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 $29.39
WellPoint Apple Health $29.67
Coordinated Care Apple Health $29.67
United Healthcare Apple Health $30.25
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $31.11
Premera HMO $51.45
Regence MedAdvantage $51.93
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $51.93
Aetna MedAdvantage $51.93
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $52.44
Molina MedAdvantage $52.94
WellCare MedAdvantage $52.94
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $55.46
Kaiser PPO $56.60
Regence/Asuris Commercial $59.17
Cigna Commercial $61.74
Premera Prime $64.31
Premera Signature $64.31
Premera Other Commercial Plans $64.31
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $85.01
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $93.28
Aetna All Commercial Plans $173.90

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Hexa gene at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $142.56 $46.31 – $156.31
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $142.56 $46.31 – $154.35
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $142.56 $46.31 – $114.22
Central Medical Center Seattle $160.00 $32.00 – $32.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $282.80 $51.45 – $95.18
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $82.97 $51.45 – $169.20
St. Anne Hospital Burien $57.41 $51.45 – $169.20
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $57.18 $51.45 – $141.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →