Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$100.80

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.

$252.00

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.

$73.49 with Molina vs $258.59 with Ambetter — 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 $73.49 ↓ -27%
WellPoint Apple Health $74.21 ↓ -26%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $74.21 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Apple Health $75.65 ↓ -25%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $77.82 ↓ -23%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $93.62 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $121.89 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $142.63 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $143.97 ↑ +43%
Aetna MedAdvantage $143.97 ↑ +43%
Regence MedAdvantage $143.97 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $145.37 ↑ +44%
WellCare MedAdvantage $146.77 ↑ +46%
Molina MedAdvantage $146.77 ↑ +46%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $153.76 ↑ +53%
Kaiser PPO $156.89 ↑ +56%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $164.02 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial $171.16 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Commercial $171.16 ↑ +70%
First Choice PPO $176.65 ↑ +75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $176.86 ↑ +75%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $178.29 ↑ +77%
Premera Signature $178.29 ↑ +77%
Premera Prime $178.29 ↑ +77%
First Health All Commercial Plans $181.44 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $181.44 ↑ +80%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $235.66 ↑ +134%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $258.59 ↑ +157%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $521.01 $142.63 – $156.89
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $437.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $681.12 $128.37 – $670.36
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $739.90 $142.63 – $513.47
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $681.12 $128.37 – $648.97
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $681.12 $128.37 – $670.36
Central Medical Center Seattle $342.40 $108.00 – $108.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $511.70 not published

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