Hemoglobin urine 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

$8.00

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.

$20.00

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.

$3.34 with Molina vs $24.41 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
Molina Apple Health $3.34 ↓ -58%
WellPoint Apple Health $3.37 ↓ -58%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $3.37 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Apple Health $3.43 ↓ -57%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $3.53 ↓ -56%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3.87 ↓ -52%
Premera HMO $3.95 ↓ -51%
Regence MedAdvantage $3.99 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3.99 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $4.03 ↓ -50%
WellCare MedAdvantage $4.06 ↓ -49%
Molina MedAdvantage $4.06 ↓ -49%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $4.26 ↓ -47%
Kaiser PPO $4.35 ↓ -46%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $4.54 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $4.74 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $4.74 ↓ -41%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $4.94 ↓ -38%
Premera Prime $4.94 ↓ -38%
Premera Signature $4.94 ↓ -38%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6.53 ↓ -18%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $7.16 ↓ -11%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $7.43 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $9.67 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $14.02 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $14.20 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $14.60 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $24.41 ↑ +205%

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Hemoglobin urine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3.95 – $4.35
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3.95 – $14.22
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $3.95 – $16.84
Central Medical Center Seattle $17.60 $3.00 – $3.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $8.00 $3.31 – $7.16
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $11.20 $3.39 – $7.74
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $11.20 $3.47 – $7.74
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $12.24 $2.77 – $12.35

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