Cast sup lng arm splnt ped f 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

$13.20

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.

$33.00

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.

$11.11 with Premera vs $28.12 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
Premera Signature $11.11 ↓ -16%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $11.11 ↓ -16%
Premera Prime $11.11 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.14 ↓ -16%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $12.26 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $13.86 ↑ +5%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $15.96 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $23.13 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $23.43 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $24.09 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $28.12 ↑ +113%

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Cast sup lng arm splnt ped f at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $23.31 – $23.31
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $13.20 $11.11 – $30.76
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $13.20 $11.14 – $31.49
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $13.20 $11.14 – $31.49
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $13.20 $11.14 – $54.24
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $13.20 $11.14 – $31.49
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $13.20 $11.14 – $52.51
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $13.20 $11.14 – $31.49

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