M.avium-intra dna amp prob 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

$43.20

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.

$108.00

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.

$18.64 with Molina vs $77.76 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 $18.64 ↓ -57%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.82 ↓ -56%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.82 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.19 ↓ -56%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.73 ↓ -54%
Premera HMO $35.09 ↓ -19%
Regence MedAdvantage $35.42 ↓ -18%
Aetna MedAdvantage $35.42 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $35.42 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $35.76 ↓ -17%
Molina MedAdvantage $36.11 ↓ -16%
WellCare MedAdvantage $36.11 ↓ -16%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $37.83 ↓ -12%
Kaiser PPO $38.60 ↓ -11%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $40.12 ↓ -7%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $40.35 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $42.11 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial $42.11 ↓ -3%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $43.51 ↑ +1%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $43.86 ↑ +2%
Premera Signature $43.86 ↑ +2%
Premera Prime $43.86 ↑ +2%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $52.24 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $57.98 ↑ +34%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $63.62 ↑ +47%
First Choice PPO $75.71 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $77.76 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $77.76 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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M.avium-intra dna amp prob at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $141.60 $31.58 – $164.92
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $141.60 $31.58 – $159.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $141.60 $31.58 – $164.92
Central Medical Center Seattle $157.60 $27.00 – $27.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $88.40 $19.06 – $68.78
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $88.40 $19.51 – $68.78
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $100.47 $24.56 – $109.68
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $139.60 $20.52 – $63.62

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →