Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
800 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1356528269
$56.80
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.
$142.00
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.
$52.75 with First Choice vs $103.66 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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| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $52.75 | ↓ -7% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $68.69 | ↑ +21% |
| First Choice | PPO | $99.54 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $100.82 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $103.66 | ↑ +83% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $169.88 – $169.88 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $169.88 – $169.88 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $56.80 | not published |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $42.00 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $224.21 | $80.01 – $114.30 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $155.13 | $54.61 – $114.30 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $154.51 | $91.44 – $95.25 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $58.80 | not published |