Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$1,384.80
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,462.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$504.91 with Molina vs $3,681.77 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Molina | Apple Health | $504.91 | ↓ -64% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $509.86 | ↓ -63% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $509.86 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $519.76 | ↓ -62% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $534.61 | ↓ -61% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $990.48 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1,020.19 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $1,020.19 | ↓ -26% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1,020.19 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1,030.10 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1,040.00 | ↓ -25% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1,040.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1,089.53 | ↓ -21% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $1,286.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,406.95 | ↑ +2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,669.95 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,674.57 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,832.39 | ↑ +32% |
| First Choice | PPO | $2,426.86 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $2,458.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $2,462.81 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $2,527.26 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,635.60 | ↑ +90% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,635.60 | ↑ +90% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,635.60 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,745.31 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,814.30 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,848.66 | ↑ +106% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,681.77 | ↑ +166% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,401.70 | $1,010.69 – $2,572.22 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $2,435.30 | $1,010.69 – $6,462.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $1,010.69 – $1,111.76 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $800.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,480.64 | $1,050.28 – $3,693.82 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,480.64 | $1,050.28 – $3,575.94 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,480.64 | $1,053.23 – $3,693.82 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,761.76 | $1,050.28 – $4,597.63 |