Biopsy of nerve at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$2,340.40
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.
$5,851.00
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.
$939.70 with Molina vs $8,016.94 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $939.70 | ↓ -60% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $948.91 | ↓ -59% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $948.91 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $967.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $994.97 | ↓ -57% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $2,132.49 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,173.65 | ↓ -7% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $2,196.46 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $2,196.46 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $2,196.46 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $2,217.79 | ↓ -5% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $2,239.11 | ↓ -4% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $2,239.11 | ↓ -4% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $2,345.74 | ↑ +0% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,830.13 | ↑ +21% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,063.58 | ↑ +31% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $3,595.37 | ↑ +54% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $3,945.10 | ↑ +69% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,101.55 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,154.21 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,271.23 | ↑ +83% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $5,245.70 | ↑ +124% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $5,613.70 | ↑ +140% |
| Premera | Signature | $5,613.70 | ↑ +140% |
| Premera | Prime | $5,613.70 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5,718.01 | ↑ +144% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $6,059.16 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $6,133.14 | ↑ +162% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $8,016.94 | ↑ +243% |
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Biopsy of nerve at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $2,176.01 – $2,393.61 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $2,176.01 – $5,537.94 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $2,176.01 – $6,462.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $2,340.40 | $933.03 – $7,998.96 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $2,435.25 | $5.60 – $907.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $2,267.58 – $8,373.23 |