Brace afopos solid ankle cust 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

$324.80

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$812.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$301.66 with First Choice vs $2,650.89 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $301.66 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $392.76 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $569.21 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $576.52 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $592.76 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $609.82 ↑ +88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $624.21 ↑ +92%
Regence MedAdvantage $642.94 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $642.94 ↑ +98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $642.94 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $649.18 ↑ +100%
WellCare MedAdvantage $655.42 ↑ +102%
Molina MedAdvantage $655.42 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $686.63 ↑ +111%
Premera Signature $762.28 ↑ +135%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $762.28 ↑ +135%
Premera Prime $762.28 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $764.34 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial $874.24 ↑ +169%
Premera HMO $950.99 ↑ +193%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,052.42 ↑ +224%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,154.79 ↑ +256%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,929.58 ↑ +494%
Kaiser PPO $2,650.89 ↑ +716%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Brace afopos solid ankle cust at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,262.69 $636.95 – $1,621.04
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,262.69 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $636.95 – $700.65
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,202.96 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,285.29 $636.95 – $1,935.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,285.29 $636.95 – $1,557.69
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,285.29 $636.95 – $1,414.03
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,943.13 $636.95 – $1,204.61

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →