Remove ureter stent percut 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

$3,283.60

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.

$8,209.00

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.

$1,031.17 with Molina vs $8,272.76 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 $1,031.17 ↓ -69%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,041.28 ↓ -68%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,041.28 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,061.50 ↓ -68%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,091.83 ↓ -67%
SCAN MedAdvantage $2,282.82 ↓ -30%
Aetna MedAdvantage $2,351.30 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $2,351.30 ↓ -28%
Regence MedAdvantage $2,351.30 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $2,374.13 ↓ -28%
Molina MedAdvantage $2,396.96 ↓ -27%
WellCare MedAdvantage $2,396.96 ↓ -27%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $2,511.10 ↓ -24%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $3,049.64 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $3,161.32 ↓ -4%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $3,848.83 ↑ +17%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $3,970.69 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $4,223.22 ↑ +29%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $5,533.79 ↑ +69%
First Choice PPO $5,754.51 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,828.39 ↑ +78%
Premera Prime $5,922.00 ↑ +80%
Premera Signature $5,922.00 ↑ +80%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $5,922.00 ↑ +80%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $5,992.57 ↑ +83%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,998.33 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,486.31 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial $6,565.51 ↑ +100%
Kaiser PPO $8,272.76 ↑ +152%

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Remove ureter stent percut at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,641.00 $2,329.41 – $5,928.34
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $5,492.20 $2,329.41 – $6,114.69
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,329.41 – $2,562.35
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,869.44 $2,420.64 – $8,627.45
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,869.44 $2,420.64 – $8,308.57
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,869.44 $2,427.43 – $8,627.45
Central Medical Center Seattle $4,720.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $4,673.90 $376.35 – $6,572.45

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