Injection into brain canal at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$558.00
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.
$1,395.00
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.
$297.40 with Molina vs $1,212.63 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $297.40 | ↓ -47% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $300.32 | ↓ -46% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $300.32 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $306.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $314.90 | ↓ -44% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $335.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $345.27 | ↓ -38% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $345.27 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $345.27 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $348.62 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $351.97 | ↓ -37% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $351.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $368.73 | ↓ -34% |
| Premera | HMO | $494.29 | ↓ -11% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $518.24 | ↓ -7% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $565.16 | ↑ +1% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $620.14 | ↑ +11% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $674.76 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $804.69 | ↑ +44% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $861.15 | ↑ +54% |
| Premera | Prime | $861.15 | ↑ +54% |
| Premera | Signature | $861.15 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $864.37 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $952.44 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $964.07 | ↑ +73% |
| First Choice | PPO | $977.90 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $990.45 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,018.35 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,212.63 | ↑ +117% |
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Injection into brain canal at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,435.50 | $342.05 – $870.52 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,722.00 | $342.05 – $3,379.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $342.05 – $376.25 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,230.32 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $911.04 | $355.45 – $1,191.05 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $911.04 | $356.44 – $1,230.32 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,463.28 | $349.56 – $5,987.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $558.00 | $295.29 – $1,209.91 |