Protect body sock ea pre ots 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

$39.20

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.

$98.00

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.

$36.41 with First Choice vs $327.01 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 $36.41 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $47.40 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $68.70 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $69.58 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $71.54 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $75.23 ↑ +92%
SCAN MedAdvantage $77.01 ↑ +96%
Regence MedAdvantage $79.32 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $79.32 ↑ +102%
Aetna MedAdvantage $79.32 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $80.09 ↑ +104%
WellCare MedAdvantage $80.86 ↑ +106%
Molina MedAdvantage $80.86 ↑ +106%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $84.71 ↑ +116%
Premera Signature $94.04 ↑ +140%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $94.04 ↑ +140%
Premera Prime $94.04 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Commercial $94.30 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial $107.86 ↑ +175%
Premera HMO $117.31 ↑ +199%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $129.84 ↑ +231%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $142.47 ↑ +263%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $238.05 ↑ +507%
Kaiser PPO $327.01 ↑ +734%

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Protect body sock ea pre ots at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $78.58 – $86.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $78.58 – $199.99
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $21.12 $78.58 – $238.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $21.12 $78.58 – $192.15
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $21.12 $78.58 – $174.45
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $39.20 $75.23 – $326.27
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $39.20 $65.83 – $339.47
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $39.20 $65.83 – $339.47

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