Fda ide #g240020 carry bag 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

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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.

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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.

$196.57 with SCAN vs $834.78 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $196.57 —
Regence MedAdvantage $202.47 —
Aetna MedAdvantage $202.47 —
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $202.47 —
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $204.43 —
WellCare MedAdvantage $206.40 —
Molina MedAdvantage $206.40 —
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $216.23 —
Premera Signature $240.05 —
Premera Other Commercial Plans $240.05 —
Premera Prime $240.05 —
Cigna Commercial $275.31 —
Premera HMO $299.47 —
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $331.41 —
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $363.65 —
Aetna All Commercial Plans $607.65 —
Kaiser PPO $834.78 —

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Fda ide #g240020 carry bag at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,023.40 $200.58 – $510.48
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $887.17 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $200.58 – $220.64
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $845.21 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $903.05 $200.58 – $609.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $903.05 $200.58 – $490.50
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $903.05 $200.58 – $445.29
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,365.25 $200.58 – $379.32

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