Abduction bar jointed adjust at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital

800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$192.00

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.

$480.00

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.

$178.32 with First Choice vs $1,605.42 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
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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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $178.32 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $232.18 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $336.48 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $340.80 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $350.40 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $369.32 ↑ +92%
SCAN MedAdvantage $378.03 ↑ +97%
Regence MedAdvantage $389.37 ↑ +103%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $389.37 ↑ +103%
Aetna MedAdvantage $389.37 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $393.15 ↑ +105%
WellCare MedAdvantage $396.93 ↑ +107%
Molina MedAdvantage $396.93 ↑ +107%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $415.83 ↑ +117%
Premera Signature $461.65 ↑ +140%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $461.65 ↑ +140%
Premera Prime $461.65 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Commercial $462.89 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial $529.45 ↑ +176%
Premera HMO $575.94 ↑ +200%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $637.35 ↑ +232%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $699.35 ↑ +264%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,168.58 ↑ +509%
Kaiser PPO $1,605.42 ↑ +736%

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Abduction bar jointed adjust at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $385.74 – $424.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $385.74 – $981.71
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $192.00 $369.32 – $1,601.82
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $196.80 $332.39 – $646.42
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $192.00 $323.16 – $1,666.61
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $192.00 $323.16 – $1,666.61
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $192.00 $332.39 – $699.35
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $192.00 $323.16 – $1,666.61

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