Microsatellite instability at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$639.20
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.
$1,598.00
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.
$341.59 with SCAN vs $1,166.54 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $341.59 | ↓ -47% |
| Premera | HMO | $348.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $351.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $351.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $351.84 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $355.25 | ↓ -44% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $358.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $358.67 | ↓ -44% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $375.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $383.42 | ↓ -40% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $400.84 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $418.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $418.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Premera | Prime | $435.70 | ↓ -32% |
| Premera | Signature | $435.70 | ↓ -32% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $435.70 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $575.92 | ↓ -10% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $593.66 | ↓ -7% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $631.94 | ↓ -1% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $772.95 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,077.05 | ↑ +68% |
| First Choice | PPO | $1,120.20 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $1,134.58 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $1,166.54 | ↑ +83% |
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Microsatellite instability at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $348.56 – $383.42 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $348.56 – $887.09 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $348.56 – $1,487.53 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,092.00 | $313.70 – $1,058.93 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,092.00 | $313.70 – $1,045.68 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,092.00 | $313.70 – $773.80 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,183.00 | $348.56 – $808.66 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $639.20 | $348.56 – $631.94 |