Brace kafo dbl upright 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

$1,402.00

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.

$3,505.00

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.

$1,302.11 with First Choice vs $11,446.72 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 $1,302.11 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,695.37 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $2,457.01 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,488.55 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,558.65 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $2,633.26 ↑ +88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,695.38 ↑ +92%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,776.24 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $2,776.24 ↑ +98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,776.24 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,803.20 ↑ +100%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,830.15 ↑ +102%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,830.15 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,964.92 ↑ +111%
Premera Signature $3,291.58 ↑ +135%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $3,291.58 ↑ +135%
Premera Prime $3,291.58 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,300.47 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial $3,775.04 ↑ +169%
Premera HMO $4,106.45 ↑ +193%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $4,544.41 ↑ +224%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,986.46 ↑ +256%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,332.06 ↑ +494%
Kaiser PPO $11,446.72 ↑ +716%

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Brace kafo dbl upright cust at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,750.39 – $3,025.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $2,750.39 – $6,999.74
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,402.00 $2,633.26 – $11,421.06
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,402.00 $2,304.10 – $11,883.03
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,402.00 $2,304.10 – $11,883.03
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $1,402.00 $2,369.93 – $4,986.46
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $1,402.00 $2,304.10 – $11,883.03
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $1,402.00 $2,304.10 – $20,185.76

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