Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im 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

$8.50

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.

$21.25

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.

$0.44 with Community Health Plan of Washington vs $19.58 with Community Health Plan of Washington — 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
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $0.44 ↓ -95%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $0.99 ↓ -88%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $1.29 ↓ -85%
First Choice PPO $1.87 ↓ -78%
First Health All Commercial Plans $1.90 ↓ -78%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $1.95 ↓ -77%
Molina Apple Health $18.49 ↑ +118%
WellPoint Apple Health $18.67 ↑ +120%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $18.67 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Apple Health $19.03 ↑ +124%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $19.58 ↑ +130%

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Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $82.50 $44.70 – $44.70
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $82.50 $44.70 – $44.70
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $95.78 $44.70 – $44.70
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $95.78 $44.70 – $44.70
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $95.78 $44.70 – $44.70
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $151.53 $44.70 – $44.70
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $104.56 $143.24 – $213.21
St. Anne Hospital Burien $72.34 $101.87 – $213.21

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