Njx cath slct p angrph mapca 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

$118.80

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.

$297.00

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.

$110.34 with First Choice vs $219.08 with Community Health Plan of Washington — 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 $110.34 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $143.66 ↑ +21%
Molina Apple Health $206.91 ↑ +74%
First Choice PPO $208.20 ↑ +75%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $208.94 ↑ +76%
WellPoint Apple Health $208.94 ↑ +76%
First Health All Commercial Plans $210.87 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Apple Health $213.00 ↑ +79%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $216.81 ↑ +83%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $219.08 ↑ +84%

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Njx cath slct p angrph mapca at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $274.40 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $257.60 not published
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $139.88 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $118.80 $205.44 – $217.53
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $114.80 $210.14 – $226.95
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $114.80 $215.00 – $232.20
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $160.00 $226.14 – $335.03
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $114.80 $210.14 – $226.95

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