Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$222.00
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.
$555.00
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.
$39.12 with Molina vs $405.15 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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| Molina | Apple Health | $39.12 | ↓ -82% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $39.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $39.50 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $40.27 | ↓ -82% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $41.42 | ↓ -81% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $95.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $97.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $97.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $97.89 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $98.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $99.79 | ↓ -55% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $99.79 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $104.54 | ↓ -53% |
| Premera | HMO | $157.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $160.23 | ↓ -28% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $175.82 | ↓ -21% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $206.18 | ↓ -7% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $246.88 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $257.81 | ↑ +16% |
| Premera | Signature | $264.20 | ↑ +19% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $264.20 | ↑ +19% |
| Premera | Prime | $264.20 | ↑ +19% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $268.45 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $270.03 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $273.33 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $387.48 | ↑ +75% |
| First Choice | PPO | $389.06 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $394.05 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $405.15 | ↑ +83% |
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Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $687.40 | $96.98 – $287.32 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $981.40 | $96.98 – $311.23 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $35.58 – $106.67 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $580.30 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $264.48 | $100.77 – $375.11 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $264.48 | $100.77 – $363.14 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $264.48 | $101.06 – $375.11 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $304.00 | $89.00 – $89.00 |