Shoulder MRI (with contrast) at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$3,623.20
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.
$9,058.00
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.
$304.84 with Molina vs $6,612.34 with Multiplan/PHCS — 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 | $304.84 | ↓ -92% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $307.83 | ↓ -92% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $307.83 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $313.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $322.77 | ↓ -91% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $856.09 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $881.77 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $881.77 | ↓ -76% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $881.77 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $890.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $898.89 | ↓ -75% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $898.89 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $941.70 | ↓ -74% |
| Premera | HMO | $1,346.65 | ↓ -63% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,443.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,583.76 | ↓ -56% |
| Regence/Asuris | Commercial | $2,175.35 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,313.40 | ↓ -36% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $2,327.96 | ↓ -36% |
| Premera | Prime | $2,327.96 | ↓ -36% |
| Premera | Signature | $2,327.96 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,432.43 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,462.13 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,303.75 | ↓ -9% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $3,365.05 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $4,381.35 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $6,349.66 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $6,431.18 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $6,612.34 | ↑ +83% |
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Shoulder MRI (with contrast) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,393.60 | $873.56 – $2,450.95 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,240.30 | $873.56 – $2,742.27 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $265.78 – $960.91 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,169.60 | $907.77 – $3,199.85 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,169.60 | $907.77 – $3,097.73 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,169.60 | $910.32 – $3,199.85 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,800.00 | $791.00 – $791.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,014.44 | $907.77 – $4,241.51 |