Heparin neutralization 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

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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.

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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.

$2.52 with Molina vs $21.47 with Ambetter — 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 $2.52
WellPoint Apple Health $2.55
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2.55
United Healthcare Apple Health $2.60
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2.67
Premera HMO $11.84
Regence MedAdvantage $11.95
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $11.95
Aetna MedAdvantage $11.95
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $12.07
Molina MedAdvantage $12.18
WellCare MedAdvantage $12.18
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $12.76
Kaiser PPO $13.02
Regence/Asuris Commercial $13.62
Cigna Commercial $14.21
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14.68
Premera Prime $14.80
Premera Signature $14.80
Premera Other Commercial Plans $14.80
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $19.56
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $21.47

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Heparin neutralization at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $40.95 $11.84 – $13.02
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $51.10 $11.84 – $42.62
Central Medical Center Seattle $105.60 $9.00 – $9.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $54.60 $11.84 – $50.53
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $36.15 $11.84 – $73.71
St. Anne Hospital Burien $25.01 $11.84 – $73.71
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $24.91 $11.84 – $71.99
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $27.13 $11.84 – $71.99

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →