Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at MultiCare Valley Hospital
12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251
$105.20
Cash price 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.
$263.00
Gross charge 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.
$6.51 with Molina vs $255.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $6.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $6.58 | ↓ -94% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $6.58 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $6.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $6.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $66.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $66.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $66.36 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $67.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $67.64 | ↓ -36% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $67.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $70.87 | ↓ -33% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $97.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $101.60 | ↓ -3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $108.62 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $119.18 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $127.21 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | Signature | $161.84 | ↑ +54% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $161.84 | ↑ +54% |
| Premera | Prime | $161.84 | ↑ +54% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $165.40 | ↑ +57% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $183.05 | ↑ +74% |
| First Choice | PPO | $184.36 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $185.28 | ↑ +76% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $189.36 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $189.36 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $222.01 | ↑ +111% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $255.79 | ↑ +143% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | not published by hospital | — |
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Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $256.80 | $68.31 – $207.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $256.80 | $68.31 – $161.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $256.80 | $68.50 – $166.85 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $228.00 | $67.18 – $170.64 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $278.20 | $67.18 – $155.86 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $105.60 | $64.97 – $190.36 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $185.20 | $6.66 – $283.18 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $185.20 | $6.82 – $283.18 |