Muscle test one fiber 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

$256.40

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.

$641.00

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.

$93.19 with Molina vs $678.18 with Cigna — 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
Molina Apple Health $93.19 ↓ -64%
WellPoint Apple Health $94.11 ↓ -63%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $94.11 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Apple Health $95.93 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $98.68 ↓ -62%
SCAN MedAdvantage $235.80 ↓ -8%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $238.13 ↓ -7%
Regence MedAdvantage $242.87 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $242.87 ↓ -5%
Aetna MedAdvantage $242.87 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $245.23 ↓ -4%
WellCare MedAdvantage $247.59 ↓ -3%
Molina MedAdvantage $247.59 ↓ -3%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $259.38 ↑ +1%
Premera HMO $264.38 ↑ +3%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $310.05 ↑ +21%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $397.56 ↑ +55%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $424.39 ↑ +66%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $436.23 ↑ +70%
First Choice PPO $449.34 ↑ +75%
Premera Prime $454.16 ↑ +77%
Premera Signature $454.16 ↑ +77%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $454.16 ↑ +77%
First Health All Commercial Plans $455.11 ↑ +78%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $458.13 ↑ +79%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $467.93 ↑ +83%
Kaiser PPO $648.62 ↑ +153%
United Healthcare Commercial $670.00 ↑ +161%
Cigna Commercial $678.18 ↑ +165%

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Muscle test one fiber at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $138.95 – $264.67
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $240.61 – $612.36
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $240.61 – $631.61
Central Medical Center Seattle $340.80 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $256.40 $92.53 – $678.18
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $330.48 $6.01 – $1,304.05
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $250.04 – $759.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $250.04 – $629.49

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