Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$30.40

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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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$76.00

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.

$20.55 with Molina vs $88.89 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 $20.55 ↓ -32%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $20.75 ↓ -32%
WellPoint Apple Health $20.75 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Apple Health $21.15 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $21.75 ↓ -28%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $28.23 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $36.76 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $49.03 ↑ +61%
Aetna MedAdvantage $49.49 ↑ +63%
Regence MedAdvantage $49.49 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $49.49 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $49.97 ↑ +64%
WellCare MedAdvantage $50.45 ↑ +66%
Molina MedAdvantage $50.45 ↑ +66%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $52.85 ↑ +74%
First Choice PPO $53.28 ↑ +75%
Kaiser PPO $53.93 ↑ +77%
First Health All Commercial Plans $54.72 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $54.72 ↑ +80%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $56.38 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Commercial $58.84 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial $58.84 ↑ +94%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $60.80 ↑ +100%
Premera Prime $61.29 ↑ +102%
Premera Signature $61.29 ↑ +102%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $61.29 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $81.01 ↑ +166%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $88.89 ↑ +192%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $170.80 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $438.90 $49.03 – $176.51
Central Medical Center Seattle $220.80 $37.00 – $37.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $248.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $135.80 $49.03 – $90.71
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $257.60 $49.03 – $209.25
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $182.89 $49.03 – $372.94
St. Anne Hospital Burien $126.54 $49.03 – $372.94

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