Mayo pborb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe borrelia burgdorferi (lyme) 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

$20.80

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.

$52.00

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 $63.62 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 $18.64 ↓ -10%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.82 ↓ -10%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.82 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.19 ↓ -8%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $19.32 ↓ -7%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.73 ↓ -5%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $25.15 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $35.09 ↑ +69%
Regence MedAdvantage $35.42 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $35.42 ↑ +70%
Aetna MedAdvantage $35.42 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $35.76 ↑ +72%
Molina MedAdvantage $36.11 ↑ +74%
WellCare MedAdvantage $36.11 ↑ +74%
First Choice PPO $36.45 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $37.44 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $37.44 ↑ +80%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $37.83 ↑ +82%
Kaiser PPO $38.60 ↑ +86%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $40.35 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Commercial $42.11 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial $42.11 ↑ +102%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $43.51 ↑ +109%
Premera Prime $43.86 ↑ +111%
Premera Signature $43.86 ↑ +111%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $43.86 ↑ +111%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $57.98 ↑ +179%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $63.62 ↑ +206%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Mayo pborb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe borrelia burgdorferi (lyme) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $376.60 not published
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
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $116.90 $35.09 – $64.92
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $358.40 $35.09 – $137.20
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $478.10 $35.09 – $149.73

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