Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$161.60
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.
$404.00
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.
$93.19 with Molina vs $294.92 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $93.19 | ↓ -42% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $94.11 | ↓ -42% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $94.11 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $95.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $98.68 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $150.09 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $195.41 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $283.20 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $286.84 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $294.92 | ↑ +83% |
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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $123.87 – $123.87 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $92.04 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $161.60 | $92.53 – $97.97 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $159.60 | $94.65 – $102.22 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $159.60 | $96.84 – $104.58 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $155.55 | $2.59 – $1,011.61 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $159.60 | $101.86 – $150.90 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $159.60 | $94.65 – $102.22 |