Nerve conduction 7-8 studies 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

$429.20

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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$1,073.00

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.

$92.53 with Molina vs $1,246.27 with Kaiser — 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

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 $92.53 ↓ -78%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $93.44 ↓ -78%
WellPoint Apple Health $93.44 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $95.25 ↓ -78%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $97.97 ↓ -77%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $398.62 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $419.73 ↓ -2%
Aetna MedAdvantage $419.73 ↓ -2%
Regence MedAdvantage $419.73 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $423.81 ↓ -1%
WellCare MedAdvantage $427.89 ↓ -0%
Molina MedAdvantage $427.89 ↓ -0%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $448.26 ↑ +4%
Premera HMO $495.03 ↑ +15%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $519.01 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $687.06 ↑ +60%
First Choice PPO $752.17 ↑ +75%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $753.89 ↑ +76%
First Health All Commercial Plans $772.56 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $772.56 ↑ +80%
Premera Signature $830.54 ↑ +94%
Premera Prime $830.54 ↑ +94%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $830.54 ↑ +94%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $848.76 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,157.87 ↑ +170%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,163.95 ↑ +171%
Cigna Commercial $1,172.01 ↑ +173%
Kaiser PPO $1,246.27 ↑ +190%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Nerve conduction 7-8 studies at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $848.64 $432.11 – $1,312.76
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $940.10 $415.83 – $1,058.28
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $848.64 $432.11 – $1,151.61
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $848.64 $433.33 – $1,189.57
Central Medical Center Seattle $696.00 not published
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $889.20 $364.79 – $1,417.36
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $488.80 $94.65 – $1,791.23
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $488.80 $96.84 – $1,791.23

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →