Bronchial valve init insert 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

$10,340.40

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.

$25,851.00

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.

$2,327.31 with Molina vs $27,594.38 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
Molina Apple Health $2,327.31 ↓ -77%
WellPoint Apple Health $2,350.13 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $2,350.13 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Apple Health $2,395.76 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $2,464.21 ↓ -76%
SCAN MedAdvantage $7,707.15 ↓ -25%
Aetna MedAdvantage $7,938.37 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $7,938.37 ↓ -23%
Regence MedAdvantage $7,938.37 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $8,015.44 ↓ -22%
Molina MedAdvantage $8,092.51 ↓ -22%
WellCare MedAdvantage $8,092.51 ↓ -22%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $8,477.87 ↓ -18%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $9,603.65 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $10,544.86 ↑ +2%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $12,504.13 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $12,994.26 ↑ +26%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $14,258.23 ↑ +38%
First Choice PPO $18,121.55 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $18,354.21 ↑ +78%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $18,595.17 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $18,871.23 ↑ +83%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $19,899.69 ↑ +92%
Premera Signature $19,899.69 ↑ +92%
Premera Prime $19,899.69 ↑ +92%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $20,270.00 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Commercial $21,898.74 ↑ +112%
Cigna Commercial $22,166.13 ↑ +114%
Kaiser PPO $27,594.38 ↑ +167%

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Bronchial valve init insert at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $7,864.44 – $8,650.88
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $7,864.44 – $20,015.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $6,462.00 – $20,644.16
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $10,340.40 $2,310.79 – $27,532.51
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $13,938.00 $2,363.62 – $33,877.43
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $13,938.00 $2,418.27 – $33,877.43
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $8,447.13 $6.05 – $1,032.70
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $13,317.20 $2,543.63 – $36,513.42

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