Mlh1 gene 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

$344.00

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.

$860.00

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.

$80.58 with Molina vs $650.04 with Aetna — 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 $80.58 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $81.37 ↓ -76%
WellPoint Apple Health $81.37 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Apple Health $82.95 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $85.32 ↓ -75%
Premera HMO $192.32 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $194.13 ↓ -44%
Aetna MedAdvantage $194.13 ↓ -44%
Regence MedAdvantage $194.13 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $196.01 ↓ -43%
WellCare MedAdvantage $197.90 ↓ -42%
Molina MedAdvantage $197.90 ↓ -42%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $207.32 ↓ -40%
Kaiser PPO $211.55 ↓ -39%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $221.17 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Commercial $230.78 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $230.78 ↓ -33%
Premera Signature $240.40 ↓ -30%
Premera Prime $240.40 ↓ -30%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $240.40 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $317.77 ↓ -8%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $319.49 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $348.68 ↑ +1%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $415.98 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $602.86 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $619.20 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $619.20 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $650.04 ↑ +89%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Mlh1 gene at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $442.56 $173.09 – $584.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $442.56 $173.09 – $576.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $442.56 $173.09 – $426.95
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $232.96 $192.32 – $562.55
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $442.56 $192.32 – $769.28
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $479.44 $192.32 – $446.18
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $232.96 $163.47 – $627.92
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $333.58 $192.32 – $680.24

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