Tc-99m bicisate at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$3,027.60
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,569.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$760.01 with SCAN vs $16,551.26 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $760.01 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $775.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross of Idaho | MedAdvantage | $782.81 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $782.81 | ↓ -74% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $782.81 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage | $790.41 | ↓ -74% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $798.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $798.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $836.01 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $957.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $1,281.38 | ↓ -58% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $1,406.02 | ↓ -54% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,538.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,538.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,538.55 | ↓ -49% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $2,811.88 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $3,661.13 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $5,305.87 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,373.99 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $5,525.37 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $16,551.26 | ↑ +447% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Tc-99m bicisate at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $466.60 – $1,434.71 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $466.60 – $1,434.71 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $3,027.60 | $775.52 – $1,538.55 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $3,545.60 | $775.21 – $1,299.62 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,488.16 | $2,124.27 – $3,034.67 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,029.62 | $1,449.90 – $3,034.67 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,025.55 | $2,427.74 – $2,528.89 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,801.60 | $760.01 – $1,572.74 |