Chemotherapy injection 96542 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

$329.60

Cash price

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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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$824.00

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.

$30.18 with Molina vs $1,037.42 with Cigna — 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

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 $30.18 ↓ -91%
WellPoint Apple Health $30.48 ↓ -91%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $30.48 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Apple Health $31.07 ↓ -91%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $31.96 ↓ -90%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $306.12 ↓ -7%
SCAN MedAdvantage $360.71 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $371.53 ↑ +13%
Aetna MedAdvantage $371.53 ↑ +13%
Regence MedAdvantage $371.53 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $375.14 ↑ +14%
WellCare MedAdvantage $378.75 ↑ +15%
Molina MedAdvantage $378.75 ↑ +15%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $396.78 ↑ +20%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $398.57 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $577.62 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $585.04 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $601.52 ↑ +83%
Premera HMO $604.68 ↑ +83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $608.16 ↑ +85%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $667.32 ↑ +102%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $920.12 ↑ +179%
Kaiser PPO $921.30 ↑ +180%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $971.24 ↑ +195%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $984.66 ↑ +199%
Premera Signature $984.66 ↑ +199%
Premera Prime $984.66 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,024.91 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial $1,037.42 ↑ +215%

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Chemotherapy injection 96542 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $630.70 $368.07 – $936.75
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $368.07 – $404.88
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $69.47 – $966.20
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $988.32 $382.49 – $1,162.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $988.32 $382.49 – $895.03
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $988.32 $153.21 – $863.58
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $333.90 $109.79 – $680.94
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $483.70 $71.14 – $718.42

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