Aco depression screen annual medicare g0444aco at Virginia Mason Medical Center

1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$16.83

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.

$33.00

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.

$0.54 with first choice vs $758.80 with confluence health — 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 commercial $0.54 ↓ -97%
united healthcare commercial $9.44 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage $9.51 ↓ -43%
united healthcare medicare advantage $9.51 ↓ -43%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $9.51 ↓ -43%
optum care network medicare advantage $9.51 ↓ -43%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $9.51 ↓ -43%
signal health medicare advantage $9.78 ↓ -42%
multiplan medicare advantage $9.78 ↓ -42%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $9.78 ↓ -42%
regence medicare advantage $10.18 ↓ -40%
cigna commercial $15.77 ↓ -6%
regence uniform medical plan $16.89 ↑ +0%
premera commercial $19.80 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $19.90 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $20.79 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $23.10 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $24.37 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $26.40 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $33.42 ↑ +99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $34.07 ↑ +102%
confluence health medicare advantage $758.80 ↑ +4409%

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Aco depression screen annual medicare g0444aco at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $43.39 – $131.81
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $43.39 – $124.31
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $41.75 – $45.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $41.75 – $106.26
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $43.51 – $128.40
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $43.39 – $170.20
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $42.67 – $122.94
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $25.43 – $77.24

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