Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$5,324.40
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.
$13,311.00
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.
$4,945.04 with First Choice vs $29,501.25 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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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,945.04 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $6,438.53 | ↑ +21% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $7,924.20 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $8,161.93 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $8,161.93 | ↑ +53% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $8,161.93 | ↑ +53% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $8,241.17 | ↑ +55% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $8,320.41 | ↑ +56% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $8,320.41 | ↑ +56% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $8,716.62 | ↑ +64% |
| First Choice | PPO | $9,331.01 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $9,450.81 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $9,717.03 | ↑ +83% |
| Premera | HMO | $11,273.55 | ↑ +112% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $13,360.21 | ↑ +151% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $14,659.78 | ↑ +175% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $19,436.76 | ↑ +265% |
| Premera | Signature | $20,800.33 | ↑ +291% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $20,800.33 | ↑ +291% |
| Premera | Prime | $20,800.33 | ↑ +291% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $20,917.90 | ↑ +293% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $22,515.47 | ↑ +323% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $22,790.38 | ↑ +328% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $29,501.25 | ↑ +454% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $20,459.60 | $5,419.00 – $20,578.67 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $18,727.10 | $2,985.00 – $21,225.54 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $8,085.92 – $8,894.51 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $19,180.80 | $7,277.00 – $29,132.10 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $19,180.80 | $7,277.00 – $28,055.35 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $19,180.80 | $7,277.00 – $29,132.10 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $17,040.00 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $15,257.90 | $6,339.19 – $14,958.96 |