Decalcification at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$22.40
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.
$56.00
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.
$20.80 with First Choice vs $40.88 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $20.80 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $27.09 | ↑ +21% |
| Molina | Apple Health | $27.61 | ↑ +23% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $27.88 | ↑ +24% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $27.88 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $28.42 | ↑ +27% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $29.23 | ↑ +30% |
| First Choice | PPO | $39.26 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $39.76 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $40.88 | ↑ +83% |
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Decalcification at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $105.70 | $18.25 – $60.51 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $35.00 | $18.25 – $43.81 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $30.08 – $30.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $58.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $49.44 | $16.59 – $16.59 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $49.44 | $16.59 – $16.59 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $49.44 | $16.59 – $34.22 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $105.60 | not published |