Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$14.40
Cash price 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.
$36.00
Gross charge 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 $25.92 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $4.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $4.94 | ↓ -66% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $4.94 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $5.03 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $5.18 | ↓ -64% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $13.37 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $13.42 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $13.55 | ↓ -6% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $13.55 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $13.55 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $13.68 | ↓ -5% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $13.81 | ↓ -4% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $13.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $14.47 | ↑ +0% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $14.76 | ↑ +3% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $15.43 | ↑ +7% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $16.10 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $16.10 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $16.64 | ↑ +16% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $16.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Premera | Signature | $16.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Premera | Prime | $16.78 | ↑ +17% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $17.41 | ↑ +21% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $22.17 | ↑ +54% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $24.33 | ↑ +69% |
| First Choice | PPO | $25.24 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $25.92 | ↑ +80% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $25.92 | ↑ +80% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $72.10 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $65.80 | $13.42 – $48.31 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $60.80 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $85.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $51.80 | $13.42 – $24.83 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $208.60 | $13.42 – $57.25 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $82.16 | $13.42 – $56.36 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $51.91 | $13.42 – $105.84 |