Warde cadmium blood 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

$102.40

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.

$256.00

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.

$7.44 with Molina vs $184.32 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 $7.44 ↓ -93%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $7.52 ↓ -93%
WellPoint Apple Health $7.52 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Apple Health $7.66 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $7.88 ↓ -92%
Premera HMO $23.64 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $23.86 ↓ -77%
Aetna MedAdvantage $23.86 ↓ -77%
Regence MedAdvantage $23.86 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $24.09 ↓ -76%
WellCare MedAdvantage $24.33 ↓ -76%
Molina MedAdvantage $24.33 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $25.48 ↓ -75%
Kaiser PPO $26.00 ↓ -75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $27.19 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $28.37 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial $28.37 ↓ -72%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $29.31 ↓ -71%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $29.55 ↓ -71%
Premera Signature $29.55 ↓ -71%
Premera Prime $29.55 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $39.06 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $42.86 ↓ -58%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $95.10 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $123.83 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $179.46 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $184.32 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $184.32 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Warde cadmium blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $99.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $108.96 $21.28 – $111.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $108.96 $21.28 – $107.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $108.96 $21.28 – $111.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $113.60 $18.00 – $18.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $107.12 $23.64 – $147.28
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $113.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $107.10 $23.64 – $43.73

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