Knee cap medial or lateral p 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

$71.60

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.

$179.00

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.

$66.50 with First Choice vs $584.75 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 $66.50 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $86.58 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $125.48 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $127.09 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $130.67 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $134.52 ↑ +88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $137.70 ↑ +92%
Regence MedAdvantage $141.83 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $141.83 ↑ +98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $141.83 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $143.21 ↑ +100%
WellCare MedAdvantage $144.58 ↑ +102%
Molina MedAdvantage $144.58 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $151.47 ↑ +112%
Premera Signature $168.15 ↑ +135%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $168.15 ↑ +135%
Premera Prime $168.15 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $168.61 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial $192.85 ↑ +169%
Premera HMO $209.78 ↑ +193%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $232.16 ↑ +224%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $254.74 ↑ +256%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $425.65 ↑ +494%
Kaiser PPO $584.75 ↑ +717%

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Knee cap medial or lateral p at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $140.51 – $154.56
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $140.51 – $357.60
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $71.60 $134.52 – $583.44
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $71.60 $121.07 – $235.47
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $71.60 $117.71 – $607.04
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $71.60 $117.71 – $607.04
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $71.60 $121.07 – $254.74
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $71.60 $117.71 – $607.04

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