Autologous blood process 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

$277.20

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.

$693.00

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.

$18.17 with Molina vs $701.34 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 $18.17 ↓ -93%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.35 ↓ -93%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.35 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Apple Health $18.70 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.24 ↓ -93%
SCAN MedAdvantage $186.05 ↓ -33%
Aetna MedAdvantage $191.64 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $191.64 ↓ -31%
Regence MedAdvantage $191.64 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $193.50 ↓ -30%
Molina MedAdvantage $195.36 ↓ -30%
WellCare MedAdvantage $195.36 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $204.66 ↓ -26%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $257.45 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $285.88 ↑ +3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $313.69 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $335.20 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $344.20 ↑ +24%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $464.05 ↑ +67%
First Choice PPO $485.79 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $492.03 ↑ +78%
Premera Prime $496.61 ↑ +79%
Premera Signature $496.61 ↑ +79%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $496.61 ↑ +79%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $501.78 ↑ +81%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $505.89 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $528.65 ↑ +91%
Cigna Commercial $535.11 ↑ +93%
Kaiser PPO $701.34 ↑ +153%

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Autologous blood process at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $189.85 – $208.84
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $6.14 – $516.60
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $6.14 – $524.51
Central Medical Center Seattle $482.40 $172.00 – $172.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $380.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $452.90 $151.35 – $351.22
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $277.20 $18.04 – $699.76
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $202.00 $203.25 – $531.60

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →