Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 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.

$4.89 with Molina vs $139.86 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 $4.89
Coordinated Care Apple Health $4.94
WellPoint Apple Health $4.94
United Healthcare Apple Health $5.03
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $5.18
Premera HMO $41.38
Aetna MedAdvantage $41.77
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $41.77
Regence MedAdvantage $41.77
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $42.17
Molina MedAdvantage $42.58
WellCare MedAdvantage $42.58
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $44.61
Kaiser PPO $45.52
Regence/Asuris Commercial $47.59
Cigna Commercial $49.66
Premera Prime $51.72
Premera Signature $51.72
Premera Other Commercial Plans $51.72
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $68.37
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $75.02
Aetna All Commercial Plans $139.86

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $70.40 $41.36 – $69.34
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $72.40 $5.00 – $81.10
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $72.40 $5.12 – $81.10
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $58.65 $28.97 – $129.34
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $82.40 $5.38 – $75.02
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $72.40 $5.00 – $81.10
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $72.40 $5.09 – $47.59
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $72.40 $5.12 – $81.10

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →