Echo transesophageal intraop at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$932.80
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.
$2,332.00
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.
$317.04 with Molina vs $2,243.96 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 | $317.04 | ↓ -66% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $320.14 | ↓ -66% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $320.14 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $326.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $335.68 | ↓ -64% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $596.72 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $614.62 | ↓ -34% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $614.62 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $614.62 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $620.59 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $626.55 | ↓ -33% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $626.55 | ↓ -33% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $656.39 | ↓ -30% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $866.34 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $914.67 | ↓ -2% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,006.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,103.93 | ↑ +18% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $1,127.99 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $1,498.83 | ↑ +61% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,603.98 | ↑ +72% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,603.98 | ↑ +72% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,603.98 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,605.50 | ↑ +72% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,634.73 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,655.72 | ↑ +78% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,695.49 | ↑ +82% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,702.36 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,716.19 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,243.96 | ↑ +141% |
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Echo transesophageal intraop at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,358.70 | $608.89 – $1,733.69 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $340.81 – $669.78 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $608.89 – $5,195.38 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,621.20 | $344.23 – $1,882.98 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,311.44 | $534.16 – $2,696.85 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $932.80 | $314.78 – $2,238.93 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,558.00 | $651.87 – $1,717.01 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,776.40 | $2,371.25 – $3,622.44 |