Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$64.80
Cash price 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.
$162.00
Gross charge 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.
$40.79 with SCAN vs $151.46 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $40.79 | ↓ -37% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $42.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $42.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $42.01 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $42.42 | ↓ -35% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $42.83 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $42.83 | ↓ -34% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $44.87 | ↓ -31% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $60.18 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $61.74 | ↓ -5% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $68.77 | ↑ +6% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $75.46 | ↑ +16% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $78.36 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $108.96 | ↑ +68% |
| First Choice | PPO | $113.56 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $114.94 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $115.02 | ↑ +78% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $115.89 | ↑ +79% |
| Premera | Signature | $116.61 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | Prime | $116.61 | ↑ +80% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $116.61 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $117.30 | ↑ +81% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $118.26 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $151.46 | ↑ +134% |
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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $113.40 | $41.62 – $120.35 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $104.30 | $41.62 – $109.26 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $41.62 – $45.78 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $250.08 | $43.25 – $157.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $250.08 | $43.25 – $152.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $250.08 | $43.37 – $157.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $111.28 | $43.25 – $208.27 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $170.10 | $35.54 – $77.00 |