Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$261.20

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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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$653.00

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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.

$17.89 with Molina vs $647.16 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 $17.89 ↓ -93%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.07 ↓ -93%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.07 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Apple Health $18.42 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $18.94 ↓ -93%
Aetna MedAdvantage $144.73 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $144.73 ↓ -45%
Regence MedAdvantage $144.73 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $146.14 ↓ -44%
Molina MedAdvantage $147.54 ↓ -44%
WellCare MedAdvantage $147.54 ↓ -44%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $154.57 ↓ -41%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $236.91 ↓ -9%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $242.59 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $257.05 ↓ -2%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $259.96 ↓ -0%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $315.86 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $399.27 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial $404.15 ↑ +55%
Premera Signature $413.32 ↑ +58%
Premera Prime $413.32 ↑ +58%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $413.32 ↑ +58%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $422.39 ↑ +62%
First Choice PPO $457.75 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $470.16 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $470.16 ↑ +80%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $584.81 ↑ +124%
Kaiser PPO $647.16 ↑ +148%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $12,925.44 $149.00 – $650.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $496.30 $143.39 – $498.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $12,925.44 $149.00 – $629.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $12,925.44 $149.42 – $650.25
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $356.30 $143.39 – $540.95
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $283.92 $146.53 – $581.07
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $4,405.44 $125.79 – $774.76
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $160.80 $153.51 – $486.16

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →