Ftl cgen abnor two proteins 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

$33.60

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.

$84.00

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.

$31.21 with First Choice vs $335.57 with Aetna — 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 $31.21 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $40.63 ↑ +21%
SCAN MedAdvantage $53.21 ↑ +58%
Premera HMO $54.30 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $54.81 ↑ +63%
Regence MedAdvantage $54.81 ↑ +63%
Aetna MedAdvantage $54.81 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $55.34 ↑ +65%
WellCare MedAdvantage $55.87 ↑ +66%
Molina MedAdvantage $55.87 ↑ +66%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $58.54 ↑ +74%
First Choice PPO $58.88 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $59.64 ↑ +78%
Kaiser PPO $59.73 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $61.32 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $62.45 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Commercial $65.16 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial $65.16 ↑ +94%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $67.88 ↑ +102%
Premera Prime $67.88 ↑ +102%
Premera Signature $67.88 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $89.72 ↑ +167%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $98.45 ↑ +193%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $335.57 ↑ +899%

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Ftl cgen abnor two proteins at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $54.30 – $59.73
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $54.30 – $195.48
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $54.30 – $231.72
Central Medical Center Seattle $168.80 $34.00 – $34.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $33.60 $54.30 – $98.45
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $78.29 $54.30 – $159.64
St. Anne Hospital Burien $54.17 $54.30 – $159.64
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $53.95 $54.30 – $133.03

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