Incisn windpipe 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

$4,336.40

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.

$10,841.00

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.

$1,407.59 with Molina vs $12,688.83 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
Molina Apple Health $1,407.59 ↓ -68%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,421.39 ↓ -67%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,421.39 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,448.99 ↓ -67%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,490.39 ↓ -66%
SCAN MedAdvantage $3,620.67 ↓ -17%
Aetna MedAdvantage $3,729.29 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $3,729.29 ↓ -14%
Regence MedAdvantage $3,729.29 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $3,765.50 ↓ -13%
Molina MedAdvantage $3,801.71 ↓ -12%
WellCare MedAdvantage $3,801.71 ↓ -12%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $3,982.74 ↓ -8%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $4,027.43 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $4,848.88 ↑ +12%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $5,243.79 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $6,104.45 ↑ +41%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $6,698.24 ↑ +54%
First Choice PPO $7,599.54 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $7,697.11 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $7,913.93 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $8,747.32 ↑ +102%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $9,360.99 ↑ +116%
Premera Signature $9,360.99 ↑ +116%
Premera Prime $9,360.99 ↑ +116%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $9,496.18 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,287.62 ↑ +137%
Cigna Commercial $10,413.23 ↑ +140%
Kaiser PPO $12,688.83 ↑ +193%

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Incisn windpipe at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,711.90 $3,694.56 – $9,402.66
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $6,598.20 $3,694.56 – $9,698.23
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,694.56 – $4,064.02
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $5,476.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,691.52 $3,839.27 – $12,755.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,691.52 $3,839.27 – $12,284.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,691.52 $3,850.04 – $12,755.94
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $5,944.12 $3,839.27 – $15,322.85

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