Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion 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

$490.00

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.

$1,225.00

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.

$29.39 with Molina vs $882.00 with First Health — 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 $29.39 ↓ -94%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $29.67 ↓ -94%
WellPoint Apple Health $29.67 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Apple Health $30.25 ↓ -94%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $31.11 ↓ -94%
Premera HMO $137.00 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $138.29 ↓ -72%
Aetna MedAdvantage $138.29 ↓ -72%
Regence MedAdvantage $138.29 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $139.63 ↓ -72%
WellCare MedAdvantage $140.97 ↓ -71%
Molina MedAdvantage $140.97 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $147.69 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $150.70 ↓ -69%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $157.55 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial $164.40 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial $164.40 ↓ -66%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $171.25 ↓ -65%
Premera Prime $171.25 ↓ -65%
Premera Signature $171.25 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $226.36 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $248.38 ↓ -49%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $455.09 ↓ -7%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $463.06 ↓ -5%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $592.53 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $858.73 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $882.00 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $882.00 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $618.10 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $379.20 $123.30 – $416.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $812.00 $137.00 – $348.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $379.20 $123.30 – $411.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $379.20 $123.30 – $304.14
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $706.30 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $379.20 $137.00 – $548.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $681.80 $137.00 – $253.45

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