Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

$63.60

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.

$159.00

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.

$8.30 with Molina vs $116.07 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.

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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
Molina Apple Health $8.30 ↓ -87%
WellPoint Apple Health $8.39 ↓ -87%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $8.39 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Apple Health $8.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $8.79 ↓ -86%
SCAN MedAdvantage $14.06 ↓ -78%
Premera HMO $14.35 ↓ -77%
Regence MedAdvantage $14.48 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $14.48 ↓ -77%
Aetna MedAdvantage $14.48 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $14.63 ↓ -77%
WellCare MedAdvantage $14.77 ↓ -77%
Molina MedAdvantage $14.77 ↓ -77%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $15.47 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $15.79 ↓ -75%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $16.50 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.22 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $17.22 ↓ -73%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $17.94 ↓ -72%
Premera Prime $17.94 ↓ -72%
Premera Signature $17.94 ↓ -72%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $23.71 ↓ -63%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $26.02 ↓ -59%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $59.07 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $76.91 ↑ +21%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $88.68 ↑ +39%
First Choice PPO $111.46 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $112.89 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $116.07 ↑ +83%

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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $64.40 $14.35 – $51.66
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $51.10 $14.35 – $61.25
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $14.35 – $15.78
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $35.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $103.20 $12.92 – $67.45
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $103.20 $12.92 – $65.29
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $103.20 $12.92 – $67.45
Central Medical Center Seattle $64.00 $11.00 – $11.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →