Hkafo unilat torsion cable 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

$242.80

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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.

$607.00

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.

$225.50 with First Choice vs $1,983.01 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $225.50 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $293.61 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $425.51 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $430.97 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $443.11 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $456.18 ↑ +88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $466.94 ↑ +92%
Regence MedAdvantage $480.95 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $480.95 ↑ +98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $480.95 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $485.62 ↑ +100%
WellCare MedAdvantage $490.29 ↑ +102%
Molina MedAdvantage $490.29 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $513.63 ↑ +112%
Premera Signature $570.22 ↑ +135%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $570.22 ↑ +135%
Premera Prime $570.22 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $571.76 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial $653.98 ↑ +169%
Premera HMO $711.39 ↑ +193%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $787.26 ↑ +224%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $863.84 ↑ +256%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,443.43 ↑ +494%
Kaiser PPO $1,983.01 ↑ +717%

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Hkafo unilat torsion cable at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $476.47 – $524.12
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $476.47 – $1,212.62
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $242.80 $456.18 – $1,978.56
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $242.80 $399.16 – $2,058.59
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $242.80 $399.16 – $2,058.59
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $242.80 $410.56 – $863.84
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $242.80 $399.16 – $2,058.59
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $242.80 $399.16 – $3,496.94

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