Brace tlso flex 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

$32.40

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.

$81.00

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.

$30.09 with First Choice vs $476.55 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 $30.09 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $39.18 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $56.78 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $57.51 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $59.13 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $60.42 ↑ +86%
SCAN MedAdvantage $62.64 ↑ +93%
Regence MedAdvantage $64.52 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $64.52 ↑ +99%
Aetna MedAdvantage $64.52 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $65.15 ↑ +101%
WellCare MedAdvantage $65.77 ↑ +103%
Molina MedAdvantage $65.77 ↑ +103%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $68.91 ↑ +113%
Premera Signature $75.52 ↑ +133%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $75.52 ↑ +133%
Premera Prime $75.52 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Commercial $76.70 ↑ +137%
Cigna Commercial $87.12 ↑ +169%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $105.61 ↑ +226%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $115.89 ↑ +258%
Premera HMO $170.96 ↑ +428%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $192.29 ↑ +493%
Kaiser PPO $476.55 ↑ +1371%

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Brace tlso flex cust at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $63.92 – $70.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $63.92 – $408.52
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $32.40 $60.42 – $475.48
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $32.40 $54.38 – $393.47
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $32.40 $52.87 – $494.72
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $32.40 $52.87 – $494.72
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $32.40 $54.38 – $327.89
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $32.40 $52.87 – $494.72

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