Boot softgait shrt m 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

$96.80

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.

$242.00

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.

$86.93 with First Choice vs $791.43 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $86.93 ↓ -10%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $113.19 ↑ +17%
First Choice PPO $164.03 ↑ +69%
First Health All Commercial Plans $166.14 ↑ +72%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $170.82 ↑ +76%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $182.06 ↑ +88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $186.36 ↑ +93%
Regence MedAdvantage $191.95 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $191.95 ↑ +98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $191.95 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $193.81 ↑ +100%
WellCare MedAdvantage $195.67 ↑ +102%
Molina MedAdvantage $195.67 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $204.99 ↑ +112%
Premera Signature $227.58 ↑ +135%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $227.58 ↑ +135%
Premera Prime $227.58 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $228.19 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial $261.00 ↑ +170%
Premera HMO $283.92 ↑ +193%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $314.20 ↑ +225%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $344.76 ↑ +256%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $576.07 ↑ +495%
Kaiser PPO $791.43 ↑ +718%

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Boot softgait shrt m at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $190.16 – $209.18
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $190.16 – $483.96
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $252.48 $190.16 – $577.71
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $252.48 $190.16 – $465.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $252.48 $190.16 – $422.16
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $96.80 $182.06 – $789.65
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $96.80 $163.85 – $318.67
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $81.12 $115.79 – $836.32

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