Removal of foreign body at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$4,527.20
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.
$11,318.00
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.
$1,191.87 with Molina vs $11,521.30 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.
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 | $1,191.87 | ↓ -74% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $1,203.55 | ↓ -73% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $1,203.55 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $1,226.92 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $1,261.98 | ↓ -72% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $3,172.12 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $3,267.28 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $3,267.28 | ↓ -28% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $3,267.28 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $3,299.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $3,330.72 | ↓ -26% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $3,330.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $3,489.33 | ↓ -23% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $4,204.64 | ↓ -7% |
| Premera | HMO | $4,402.73 | ↓ -3% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $5,348.19 | ↑ +18% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $5,474.52 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $5,868.42 | ↑ +30% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $7,720.01 | ↑ +71% |
| First Choice | PPO | $7,933.92 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $8,035.78 | ↑ +78% |
| Premera | Prime | $8,261.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Premera | Signature | $8,261.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $8,261.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $8,262.14 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $8,380.50 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $9,013.11 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $9,123.16 | ↑ +102% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $11,521.30 | ↑ +154% |
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Removal of foreign body at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,075.30 | $3,236.85 – $8,237.79 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $6,409.90 | $3,236.85 – $19,564.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $3,236.85 – $3,560.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $3,865.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,066.88 | $3,363.63 – $11,292.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,066.88 | $3,363.63 – $10,875.59 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,066.88 | $3,373.07 – $11,292.99 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $5,967.52 | $3,363.63 – $13,565.51 |