Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine 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

$68.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$170.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.53 with Molina vs $122.40 with Multiplan/PHCS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Molina Apple Health $8.53 ↓ -87%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.62 ↓ -87%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.62 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.78 ↓ -87%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $9.04 ↓ -87%
Premera HMO $15.50 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $15.65 ↓ -77%
Aetna MedAdvantage $15.65 ↓ -77%
Regence MedAdvantage $15.65 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $15.80 ↓ -77%
WellCare MedAdvantage $15.95 ↓ -77%
Molina MedAdvantage $15.95 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $16.71 ↓ -75%
Kaiser PPO $17.05 ↓ -75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $17.83 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.60 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $18.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $19.22 ↓ -72%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $19.38 ↓ -72%
Premera Signature $19.38 ↓ -72%
Premera Prime $19.38 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $25.61 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $28.10 ↓ -59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $63.16 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $82.23 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $119.17 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $122.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $122.40 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $162.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $111.36 $13.95 – $72.85
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $311.50 $15.50 – $55.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $111.36 $13.95 – $70.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $111.36 $13.95 – $72.85
Central Medical Center Seattle $70.40 $12.00 – $12.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $248.50 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $111.36 $15.50 – $69.75

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →