Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$2,318.40
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.
$5,796.00
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.
$650.80 with Molina vs $4,231.08 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 | $650.80 | ↓ -72% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $657.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $657.18 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $669.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $689.08 | ↓ -70% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,153.21 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,500.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,608.20 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $2,803.53 | ↑ +21% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $2,955.96 | ↑ +28% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $3,187.80 | ↑ +38% |
| Premera | Signature | $3,187.80 | ↑ +38% |
| Premera | Prime | $3,187.80 | ↑ +38% |
| Premera | HMO | $3,187.80 | ↑ +38% |
| First Choice | PPO | $4,063.00 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $4,115.16 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $4,231.08 | ↑ +83% |
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Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,061.70 | $5,419.00 – $33,603.00 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $5,114.90 | $2,985.00 – $11,241.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,889.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,133.44 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,133.44 | $7,277.00 – $17,257.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $1,052.48 | $10,122.47 – $10,122.47 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $3,969.70 | not published |