Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) 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

$1,104.80

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.

$2,762.00

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.

$761.49 with SCAN vs $2,789.02 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.

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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
SCAN MedAdvantage $761.49 ↓ -31%
Regence MedAdvantage $784.33 ↓ -29%
Aetna MedAdvantage $784.33 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $784.33 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $791.95 ↓ -28%
Molina MedAdvantage $799.56 ↓ -28%
WellCare MedAdvantage $799.56 ↓ -28%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $837.64 ↓ -24%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,026.08 ↓ -7%
Molina Apple Health $1,066.09 ↓ -4%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,076.54 ↓ -3%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,076.54 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,097.45 ↓ -1%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,128.80 ↑ +2%
Premera HMO $1,136.83 ↑ +3%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,283.87 ↑ +16%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,335.98 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,408.75 ↑ +28%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,855.93 ↑ +68%
First Choice PPO $1,936.16 ↑ +75%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,954.44 ↑ +77%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,961.02 ↑ +78%
Premera Prime $1,986.12 ↑ +80%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,986.12 ↑ +80%
Premera Signature $1,986.12 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,016.26 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,163.65 ↑ +96%
Cigna Commercial $2,190.07 ↑ +98%
Kaiser PPO $2,789.02 ↑ +152%

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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,222.90 $777.03 – $1,977.54
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,626.10 $777.03 – $3,379.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $777.03 – $854.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,091.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,639.20 $807.46 – $2,615.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,639.20 $807.46 – $2,532.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,639.20 $809.73 – $2,615.69
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,160.64 $807.46 – $3,255.70

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →