Abduction bar-straight 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

$94.00

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.

$235.00

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.

$87.30 with First Choice vs $784.47 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 $87.30 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $113.67 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $164.74 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $166.85 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $171.55 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $180.46 ↑ +92%
SCAN MedAdvantage $184.72 ↑ +97%
Regence MedAdvantage $190.26 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $190.26 ↑ +102%
Aetna MedAdvantage $190.26 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $192.11 ↑ +104%
WellCare MedAdvantage $193.96 ↑ +106%
Molina MedAdvantage $193.96 ↑ +106%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $203.19 ↑ +116%
Premera Signature $225.58 ↑ +140%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $225.58 ↑ +140%
Premera Prime $225.58 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Commercial $226.19 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial $258.71 ↑ +175%
Premera HMO $281.42 ↑ +199%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $311.44 ↑ +231%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $341.73 ↑ +264%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $571.00 ↑ +507%
Kaiser PPO $784.47 ↑ +735%

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Abduction bar-straight at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $188.49 – $207.34
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $188.49 – $479.71
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $94.00 $180.46 – $782.71
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $96.00 $162.41 – $315.87
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $94.00 $157.90 – $814.37
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $94.00 $157.90 – $814.37
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $94.00 $162.41 – $341.73
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $94.00 $157.90 – $814.37

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