Support clav 29.6-40.5in med 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

$36.40

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.

$91.00

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.

$21.92 with First Choice vs $295.88 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 $21.92 ↓ -40%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $28.54 ↓ -22%
First Choice PPO $41.36 ↑ +14%
First Health All Commercial Plans $41.89 ↑ +15%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $43.07 ↑ +18%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $68.06 ↑ +87%
SCAN MedAdvantage $69.66 ↑ +91%
Regence MedAdvantage $71.75 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $71.75 ↑ +97%
Aetna MedAdvantage $71.75 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $72.44 ↑ +99%
WellCare MedAdvantage $73.14 ↑ +101%
Molina MedAdvantage $73.14 ↑ +101%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $76.62 ↑ +110%
Premera Signature $85.08 ↑ +134%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $85.08 ↑ +134%
Premera Prime $85.08 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Commercial $85.30 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial $97.57 ↑ +168%
Premera HMO $106.14 ↑ +192%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $117.44 ↑ +223%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $128.87 ↑ +254%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $215.34 ↑ +492%
Kaiser PPO $295.88 ↑ +713%

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Support clav 29.6-40.5in med at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $94.97 $71.08 – $180.90
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $94.97 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $71.08 – $78.19
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $89.38 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $94.08 $71.08 – $215.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $109.63 $71.08 – $173.85
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $147.95 $71.08 – $157.80
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $55.91 $71.08 – $134.44

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