Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$306.40
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.
$766.00
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.
$93.19 with Molina vs $1,249.07 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 | $93.19 | ↓ -70% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $94.11 | ↓ -69% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $94.11 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $95.93 | ↓ -69% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $98.68 | ↓ -68% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $235.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $242.87 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $242.87 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $242.87 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $245.23 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $247.59 | ↓ -19% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $247.59 | ↓ -19% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $259.38 | ↓ -15% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $284.57 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $370.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $397.56 | ↑ +30% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $436.23 | ↑ +42% |
| Premera | HMO | $509.14 | ↑ +66% |
| First Choice | PPO | $536.97 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $543.86 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $559.18 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $670.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $678.18 | ↑ +121% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $852.77 | ↑ +178% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $911.81 | ↑ +198% |
| Premera | Signature | $912.61 | ↑ +198% |
| Premera | Prime | $912.61 | ↑ +198% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $912.61 | ↑ +198% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,249.07 | ↑ +308% |
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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $940.10 | $240.61 – $911.16 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $225.56 – $264.67 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $240.61 – $631.61 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $848.64 | $250.04 – $1,189.57 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $848.64 | $250.04 – $1,151.61 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $848.64 | $250.74 – $1,189.57 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $455.20 | not published |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $889.20 | $211.08 – $1,417.36 |