#hypersens-actinomyces ab 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

$10.80

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.

$27.00

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.

$7.07 with Molina vs $19.44 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 $7.07 ↓ -35%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.14 ↓ -34%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.14 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.28 ↓ -33%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.49 ↓ -31%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $10.03 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $10.18 ↓ -6%
Aetna MedAdvantage $10.28 ↓ -5%
Regence MedAdvantage $10.28 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $10.28 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $10.38 ↓ -4%
Molina MedAdvantage $10.48 ↓ -3%
WellCare MedAdvantage $10.48 ↓ -3%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $10.97 ↑ +2%
Kaiser PPO $11.20 ↑ +4%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $11.71 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.22 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $12.22 ↑ +13%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $12.62 ↑ +17%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $12.72 ↑ +18%
Premera Signature $12.72 ↑ +18%
Premera Prime $12.72 ↑ +18%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $13.06 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $16.82 ↑ +56%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $18.46 ↑ +71%
First Choice PPO $18.93 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $19.44 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $19.44 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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#hypersens-actinomyces ab at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $23.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $53.28 $9.16 – $47.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $26.60 $10.18 – $36.65
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $53.28 $9.16 – $46.32
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $53.28 $9.16 – $47.85
Central Medical Center Seattle $43.20 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $26.60 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $53.28 $10.18 – $45.81

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →