C-1 esterase, berinert 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

$8.84

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.

$22.10

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.

$8.21 with First Choice vs $286.93 with Aetna — 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 $8.21 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $10.69 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $15.49 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $15.69 ↑ +77%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $16.13 ↑ +82%
SCAN MedAdvantage $74.53 ↑ +743%
United Healthcare Commercial $76.05 ↑ +760%
Regence MedAdvantage $76.77 ↑ +768%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $76.77 ↑ +768%
Aetna MedAdvantage $76.77 ↑ +768%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $77.51 ↑ +777%
WellCare MedAdvantage $78.26 ↑ +785%
Molina MedAdvantage $78.26 ↑ +785%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $81.98 ↑ +827%
Premera HMO $97.23 ↑ +1000%
Cigna Commercial $101.44 ↑ +1048%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $101.66 ↑ +1050%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $125.66 ↑ +1321%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $137.88 ↑ +1460%
Premera Signature $144.80 ↑ +1538%
Premera Prime $144.80 ↑ +1538%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $144.80 ↑ +1538%
Kaiser PPO $270.86 ↑ +2964%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $286.93 ↑ +3146%

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C-1 esterase, berinert at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $10,430.17 $50.20 – $140.69
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $10,430.17 $64.36 – $159.40
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $76.05 – $83.66
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $10,149.69 $67.77 – $149.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $10,149.69 $67.77 – $140.69
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $10,149.69 $67.77 – $149.41
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $10,149.69 $70.90 – $140.69
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $11,222.65 $67.77 – $419.05

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