Chromosome analysis 5 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

$492.00

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.

$1,230.00

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.

$81.16 with Molina vs $1,633.62 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
Molina Apple Health $81.16 ↓ -84%
WellPoint Apple Health $81.95 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $81.95 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Apple Health $83.54 ↓ -83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $85.93 ↓ -83%
SCAN MedAdvantage $259.05 ↓ -47%
Premera HMO $264.34 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $266.82 ↓ -46%
Regence MedAdvantage $266.82 ↓ -46%
Aetna MedAdvantage $266.82 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $269.42 ↓ -45%
WellCare MedAdvantage $272.01 ↓ -45%
Molina MedAdvantage $272.01 ↓ -45%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $284.96 ↓ -42%
Kaiser PPO $290.77 ↓ -41%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $303.99 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Commercial $317.21 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $317.21 ↓ -36%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $330.42 ↓ -33%
Premera Prime $330.42 ↓ -33%
Premera Signature $330.42 ↓ -33%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $436.76 ↓ -11%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $456.95 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $479.25 ↓ -3%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $594.95 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $862.23 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $873.30 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $897.90 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,633.62 ↑ +232%

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Chromosome analysis 5 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,077.60 $264.34 – $951.62
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $886.90 $264.34 – $1,128.10
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $264.34 – $290.77
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $505.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $970.56 $237.91 – $1,242.40
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $970.56 $237.91 – $1,202.75
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $970.56 $237.91 – $1,242.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,188.80 $715.00 – $715.00

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