Artery x-rays lungs 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

$7,064.80

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.

$17,662.00

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.

$1,247.59 with Molina vs $13,286.21 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
Molina Apple Health $1,247.59 ↓ -82%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,259.82 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,259.82 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,284.29 ↓ -82%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,320.98 ↓ -81%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,448.15 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3,551.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,551.60 ↓ -50%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,551.60 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,586.08 ↓ -49%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,620.56 ↓ -49%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,620.56 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,792.97 ↓ -46%
Premera HMO $5,077.18 ↓ -28%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,813.58 ↓ -18%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6,379.08 ↓ -10%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $6,561.43 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $8,543.11 ↑ +21%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $8,660.03 ↑ +23%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $9,216.33 ↑ +30%
Premera Signature $9,267.58 ↑ +31%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $9,267.58 ↑ +31%
Premera Prime $9,267.58 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,797.42 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial $9,917.04 ↑ +40%
First Choice PPO $12,381.06 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $12,540.02 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $12,893.26 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $13,286.21 ↑ +88%

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Artery x-rays lungs at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,635.40 $840.87 – $8,954.64
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $10,756.20 $390.09 – $10,916.90
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $261.47 – $3,870.37
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,908.48 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,908.48 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,908.48 $296.42 – $13,496.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $10,880.00 $3,148.00 – $3,148.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $8,597.40 $446.92 – $6,509.26

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