Eo elas w/metal jnts pre ots 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

$69.20

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.

$173.00

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.

$64.27 with First Choice vs $578.51 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $64.27 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $83.68 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $121.27 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $122.83 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $126.29 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $133.09 ↑ +92%
SCAN MedAdvantage $136.23 ↑ +97%
Regence MedAdvantage $140.32 ↑ +103%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $140.32 ↑ +103%
Aetna MedAdvantage $140.32 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $141.68 ↑ +105%
WellCare MedAdvantage $143.04 ↑ +107%
Molina MedAdvantage $143.04 ↑ +107%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $149.85 ↑ +117%
Premera Signature $166.36 ↑ +140%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $166.36 ↑ +140%
Premera Prime $166.36 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Commercial $166.81 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial $190.79 ↑ +176%
Premera HMO $207.54 ↑ +200%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $229.68 ↑ +232%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $252.03 ↑ +264%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $421.11 ↑ +509%
Kaiser PPO $578.51 ↑ +736%

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Eo elas w/metal jnts pre ots at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $139.01 – $152.91
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $139.01 – $353.78
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $69.20 $133.09 – $577.21
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $69.20 $116.45 – $600.56
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $69.20 $116.45 – $600.56
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $69.20 $119.78 – $252.03
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $69.20 $116.45 – $600.56
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $69.20 $116.45 – $1,020.17

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