Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 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

$1,046.00

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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$2,615.00

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.

$75.91 with Molina vs $2,894.41 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

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 $75.91 ↓ -93%
WellPoint Apple Health $76.65 ↓ -93%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $76.65 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Apple Health $78.14 ↓ -93%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $80.37 ↓ -92%
SCAN MedAdvantage $773.32 ↓ -26%
Aetna MedAdvantage $796.52 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $796.52 ↓ -24%
Regence MedAdvantage $796.52 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $804.25 ↓ -23%
Molina MedAdvantage $811.99 ↓ -22%
WellCare MedAdvantage $811.99 ↓ -22%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $850.65 ↓ -19%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $971.47 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $1,179.81 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,264.88 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,303.82 ↑ +25%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,430.64 ↑ +37%
First Choice PPO $1,833.12 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,856.65 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,908.95 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,911.53 ↑ +83%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $2,045.63 ↑ +96%
Premera Signature $2,045.63 ↑ +96%
Premera Prime $2,045.63 ↑ +96%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,060.21 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,197.27 ↑ +110%
Cigna Commercial $2,224.10 ↑ +113%
Kaiser PPO $2,894.41 ↑ +177%

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Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,536.50 $789.10 – $2,008.27
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $607.60 $789.10 – $3,379.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $789.10 – $868.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $970.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $377.00 $820.01 – $3,568.56

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