Plas shoe insert w ank joint 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

$68.80

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.

$172.00

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.

$63.90 with First Choice vs $560.09 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
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $63.90 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $83.20 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $120.57 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $122.12 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $125.56 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $128.84 ↑ +87%
SCAN MedAdvantage $131.89 ↑ +92%
Regence MedAdvantage $135.85 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $135.85 ↑ +97%
Aetna MedAdvantage $135.85 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $137.16 ↑ +99%
WellCare MedAdvantage $138.48 ↑ +101%
Molina MedAdvantage $138.48 ↑ +101%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $145.08 ↑ +111%
Premera Signature $161.05 ↑ +134%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $161.05 ↑ +134%
Premera Prime $161.05 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Commercial $161.50 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial $184.72 ↑ +168%
Premera HMO $200.93 ↑ +192%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $222.36 ↑ +223%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $243.99 ↑ +255%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $407.69 ↑ +493%
Kaiser PPO $560.09 ↑ +714%

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Plas shoe insert w ank joint at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $134.58 – $148.04
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $134.58 – $342.51
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $203.54 $134.58 – $408.85
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $170.70 $134.58 – $329.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $170.70 $134.58 – $298.77
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $170.70 $134.58 – $438.80
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $68.80 $128.84 – $558.83
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $68.80 $115.96 – $225.53

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