Deep muscle biopsy 20205 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

$4,416.40

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.

$11,041.00

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.

$1,191.87 with Molina vs $11,521.30 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
Molina Apple Health $1,191.87 ↓ -73%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,203.55 ↓ -73%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,203.55 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,226.92 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,261.98 ↓ -71%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,172.12 ↓ -28%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,267.28 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3,267.28 ↓ -26%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,267.28 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,299.00 ↓ -25%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,330.72 ↓ -25%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,330.72 ↓ -25%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,489.33 ↓ -21%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,101.73 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $4,402.73 ↓ -0%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,340.53 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $5,348.19 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $5,868.42 ↑ +33%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $7,720.01 ↑ +75%
First Choice PPO $7,739.74 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $7,839.11 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $8,059.93 ↑ +83%
Premera Signature $8,261.59 ↑ +87%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $8,261.59 ↑ +87%
Premera Prime $8,261.59 ↑ +87%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,380.50 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,013.11 ↑ +104%
Cigna Commercial $9,123.16 ↑ +107%
Kaiser PPO $11,521.30 ↑ +161%

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Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,026.40 $3,236.85 – $8,237.79
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,236.85 – $3,560.54
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $3,236.85 – $12,776.00
Central Medical Center Seattle $6,560.00 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $4,416.40 $1,183.41 – $11,495.46
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $4,194.75 $9.24 – $719.72
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,363.63 – $11,292.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,363.63 – $10,875.59

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →