Warde folic acid rbc 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

$76.80

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.

$192.00

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.

$17.65 with Premera vs $138.24 with First Health — 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
Premera HMO $17.65 ↓ -77%
Aetna MedAdvantage $17.82 ↓ -77%
Regence MedAdvantage $17.82 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $17.82 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $17.99 ↓ -77%
WellCare MedAdvantage $18.16 ↓ -76%
Molina MedAdvantage $18.16 ↓ -76%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $19.03 ↓ -75%
Kaiser PPO $19.42 ↓ -75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $20.30 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.18 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial $21.18 ↓ -72%
Molina Apple Health $21.69 ↓ -72%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $21.89 ↓ -71%
WellPoint Apple Health $21.90 ↓ -71%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $21.90 ↓ -71%
Premera Prime $22.06 ↓ -71%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $22.06 ↓ -71%
Premera Signature $22.06 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Apple Health $22.33 ↓ -71%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $22.96 ↓ -70%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $29.16 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $32.00 ↓ -58%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $71.33 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $92.87 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $134.59 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $138.24 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $138.24 ↑ +80%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Warde folic acid rbc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $152.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $124.80 $15.88 – $82.96
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $249.90 $17.65 – $63.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $124.80 $15.88 – $80.31
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $124.80 $15.88 – $82.96
Central Medical Center Seattle $72.00 $14.00 – $14.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $96.72 $17.65 – $109.96
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $177.10 not published

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