Sho insert w arch toe filler 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

$315.20

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.

$788.00

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.

$292.74 with First Choice vs $2,574.36 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 $292.74 ↓ -7%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $381.16 ↑ +21%
First Choice PPO $552.39 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $559.48 ↑ +78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $575.24 ↑ +83%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $592.22 ↑ +88%
SCAN MedAdvantage $606.19 ↑ +92%
Regence MedAdvantage $624.37 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $624.37 ↑ +98%
Aetna MedAdvantage $624.37 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $630.44 ↑ +100%
WellCare MedAdvantage $636.50 ↑ +102%
Molina MedAdvantage $636.50 ↑ +102%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $666.81 ↑ +112%
Premera Signature $740.28 ↑ +135%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $740.28 ↑ +135%
Premera Prime $740.28 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $742.27 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial $849.00 ↑ +169%
Premera HMO $923.54 ↑ +193%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $1,022.03 ↑ +224%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,121.45 ↑ +256%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,873.87 ↑ +495%
Kaiser PPO $2,574.36 ↑ +717%

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Sho insert w arch toe filler at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $618.56 – $680.42
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $618.56 – $1,574.24
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $315.20 $592.22 – $2,568.58
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $315.20 $533.00 – $1,036.58
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $315.20 $518.19 – $2,672.48
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $315.20 $518.19 – $2,672.48
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $315.20 $533.00 – $1,121.45
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $315.20 $518.19 – $2,672.48

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