Brace ankle joint dflxn assist 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

$41.20

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.

$103.00

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.

$38.26 with First Choice vs $337.00 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 $38.26 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $49.82 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $72.20 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $73.13 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $75.19 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $77.52 ↑ +88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $79.35 ↑ +93%
Regence MedAdvantage $81.73 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $81.73 ↑ +98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $81.73 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $82.52 ↑ +100%
WellCare MedAdvantage $83.32 ↑ +102%
Molina MedAdvantage $83.32 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $87.29 ↑ +112%
Premera Signature $96.90 ↑ +135%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $96.90 ↑ +135%
Premera Prime $96.90 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $97.16 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial $111.13 ↑ +170%
Premera HMO $120.90 ↑ +193%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $133.79 ↑ +225%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $146.80 ↑ +256%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $245.28 ↑ +495%
Kaiser PPO $337.00 ↑ +718%

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Brace ankle joint dflxn assist at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $80.97 – $89.07
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $80.97 – $206.07
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $22.08 $80.97 – $245.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $22.08 $80.97 – $198.03
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $22.08 $80.97 – $179.75
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $41.20 $77.52 – $336.24
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $41.20 $67.83 – $349.84
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $41.20 $67.83 – $349.84

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