Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext 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

$2,279.20

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.

$5,698.00

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.

$685.36 with Molina vs $7,697.34 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 $685.36 ↓ -70%
WellPoint Apple Health $692.08 ↓ -70%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $692.08 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Apple Health $705.52 ↓ -69%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $725.67 ↓ -68%
SCAN MedAdvantage $807.11 ↓ -65%
Aetna MedAdvantage $831.32 ↓ -64%
Regence MedAdvantage $831.32 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $831.32 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $839.39 ↓ -63%
Molina MedAdvantage $847.46 ↓ -63%
WellCare MedAdvantage $847.46 ↓ -63%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $887.82 ↓ -61%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,360.79 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,493.15 ↓ -34%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $2,116.81 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,293.28 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial $2,321.28 ↑ +2%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $2,756.12 ↑ +21%
Premera HMO $3,137.55 ↑ +38%
First Choice PPO $3,994.30 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,045.58 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $4,159.54 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $4,954.57 ↑ +117%
Premera Signature $5,302.15 ↑ +133%
Premera Prime $5,302.15 ↑ +133%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5,302.15 ↑ +133%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,356.26 ↑ +135%
Kaiser PPO $7,697.34 ↑ +238%

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Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,761.10 $823.58 – $5,030.49
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $4,001.90 $823.58 – $6,462.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $823.58 – $905.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,322.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,000.64 $855.84 – $7,626.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,000.64 $855.84 – $7,383.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,000.64 $858.24 – $7,626.88
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $3,605.68 $855.84 – $9,493.03

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