IV Fluids (first hour) at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$470.00
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.
$1,175.00
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.
$207.00 with Molina vs $921.30 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 | $207.00 | ↓ -56% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $209.03 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $209.03 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $213.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $219.18 | ↓ -53% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $232.28 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $239.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $239.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $239.25 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $241.58 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $243.90 | ↓ -48% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $243.90 | ↓ -48% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $255.51 | ↓ -46% |
| Premera | HMO | $375.53 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $391.63 | ↓ -17% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $429.73 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $436.51 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $568.35 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $582.33 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $616.93 | ↑ +31% |
| Premera | Signature | $623.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $623.19 | ↑ +33% |
| Premera | Prime | $623.19 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $660.01 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $668.06 | ↑ +42% |
| First Choice | PPO | $823.68 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $834.25 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $857.75 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $921.30 | ↑ +96% |
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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $285.60 | $237.02 – $661.46 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $578.20 | $237.02 – $622.19 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $237.02 – $260.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $270.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $863.58 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $430.08 | $246.31 – $836.02 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $430.08 | $247.00 – $863.58 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $613.60 | $246.31 – $1,144.70 |