Place gastrostomy tube perc 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

$1,356.00

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.

$3,390.00

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.

$459.39 with Molina vs $7,767.49 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.

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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 $459.39 ↓ -66%
WellPoint Apple Health $463.89 ↓ -66%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $463.89 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Apple Health $472.90 ↓ -65%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $486.41 ↓ -64%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $1,259.39 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,639.74 ↑ +21%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,095.56 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $2,158.42 ↑ +59%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,158.42 ↑ +59%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,158.42 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,179.38 ↑ +61%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,200.34 ↑ +62%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,200.34 ↑ +62%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,305.11 ↑ +70%
First Choice PPO $2,376.39 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $2,406.90 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $2,474.70 ↑ +83%
Premera HMO $2,968.25 ↑ +119%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,533.11 ↑ +161%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $3,876.78 ↑ +186%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $5,169.74 ↑ +281%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5,532.43 ↑ +308%
Premera Prime $5,532.43 ↑ +308%
Premera Signature $5,532.43 ↑ +308%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,554.67 ↑ +310%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,954.21 ↑ +339%
Cigna Commercial $6,026.91 ↑ +344%
Kaiser PPO $7,767.49 ↑ +473%

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Place gastrostomy tube perc at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,389.40 $2,138.32 – $5,442.03
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,561.60 $2,138.32 – $6,462.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,138.32 – $2,352.16
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $2,605.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,914.72 $2,222.08 – $7,584.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,914.72 $2,222.08 – $7,304.21
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,914.72 $2,228.31 – $7,584.54
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $4,364.36 $2,222.08 – $9,110.79

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