Inj, bupivacaine liposome at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$5.38
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.
$13.43
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.
$1.38 with SCAN vs $6.47 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.
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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| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $1.38 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1.41 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $1.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $1.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $1.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1.44 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $1.44 | ↓ -73% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $1.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $1.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $1.52 | ↓ -72% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $2.33 | ↓ -57% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $2.55 | ↓ -53% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2.95 | ↓ -45% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3.26 | ↓ -39% |
| Premera | Prime | $3.26 | ↓ -39% |
| Premera | Signature | $3.26 | ↓ -39% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3.85 | ↓ -28% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5.57 | ↑ +4% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5.64 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $5.72 | ↑ +6% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $6.47 | ↑ +20% |
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Inj, bupivacaine liposome at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $210.76 | $1.41 – $3.59 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $210.76 | $1.41 – $3.70 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $1.41 – $4.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $1.41 – $3.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $1.41 – $3.13 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $1.49 – $1.49 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $1.41 – $9.11 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $1.41 – $3.58 |