Assess cyst contrast inject at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$220.40
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.
$551.00
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.
$204.70 with First Choice vs $402.23 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $204.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $206.91 | ↓ -6% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $208.94 | ↓ -5% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $208.94 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $213.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $219.08 | ↓ -1% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $266.52 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $386.25 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $391.21 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $402.23 | ↑ +83% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $756.70 | $13,212.00 – $13,212.00 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $469.70 | $3,379.00 – $3,379.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $126.19 – $126.19 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $880.32 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $880.32 | not published |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $880.32 | $9,339.00 – $9,339.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $584.50 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $736.40 | $6,522.00 – $6,522.00 |