Csf ventriculography at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
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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.
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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.
$262.16 with Molina vs $2,250.07 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $262.16 | — |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $264.73 | — |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $264.73 | — |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $269.87 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $277.58 | — |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $592.95 | — |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $610.74 | — |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $610.74 | — |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $610.74 | — |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $616.67 | — |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $622.60 | — |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $622.60 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $652.25 | — |
| Premera | HMO | $917.16 | — |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $999.72 | — |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,096.96 | — |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,571.53 | — |
| Premera | Prime | $1,571.53 | — |
| Premera | Signature | $1,571.53 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,576.13 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,705.37 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,250.07 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Csf ventriculography at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,139.50 | $605.06 – $1,699.13 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,878.10 | $605.06 – $1,851.21 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $101.79 – $665.56 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,848.00 | $539.00 – $539.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,071.30 | $478.94 – $1,119.35 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,294.06 | $1,847.20 – $2,638.86 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $895.33 | $1,011.91 – $3,374.91 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $891.79 | $1,011.91 – $3,178.56 |