Tracheobrnchsc thru est trachs incisn 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

$881.20

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.

$2,203.00

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.

$588.98 with SCAN vs $2,037.42 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
SCAN MedAdvantage $588.98 ↓ -33%
Regence MedAdvantage $606.65 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $606.65 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $606.65 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $612.54 ↓ -30%
WellCare MedAdvantage $618.43 ↓ -30%
Molina MedAdvantage $618.43 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $647.88 ↓ -26%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $818.41 ↓ -7%
Premera HMO $830.48 ↓ -6%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $993.02 ↑ +13%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1,065.59 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $1,089.61 ↑ +24%
Molina Apple Health $1,121.72 ↑ +27%
WellPoint Apple Health $1,132.72 ↑ +29%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $1,132.72 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Apple Health $1,154.71 ↑ +31%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $1,187.70 ↑ +35%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,491.17 ↑ +69%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $1,494.84 ↑ +70%
First Choice PPO $1,544.30 ↑ +75%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1,564.13 ↑ +78%
Premera Signature $1,599.71 ↑ +82%
Premera Prime $1,599.71 ↑ +82%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $1,599.71 ↑ +82%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1,608.19 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,673.50 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial $1,693.94 ↑ +92%
Kaiser PPO $2,037.42 ↑ +131%

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Tracheobrnchsc thru est trachs incisn at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,024.10 $601.00 – $1,529.54
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,187.90 $601.00 – $3,379.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $601.00 – $661.10
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $797.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,371.84 $624.54 – $2,076.08
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,371.84 $624.54 – $2,009.83
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,371.84 $626.29 – $2,076.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $902.72 $624.54 – $2,584.06

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