Amino acid screen, urine at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$40.29
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.
$79.00
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.
$9.71 with multiplan vs $63.20 with coventry - first 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.
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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| multiplan | medicare advantage | $9.71 | ↓ -76% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $11.79 | ↓ -71% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $13.87 | ↓ -66% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $13.87 | ↓ -66% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $13.87 | ↓ -66% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $13.87 | ↓ -66% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $13.87 | ↓ -66% |
| regence | commercial | $13.87 | ↓ -66% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $13.87 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $14.29 | ↓ -65% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $14.56 | ↓ -64% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $16.64 | ↓ -59% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $22.19 | ↓ -45% |
| premera | commercial | $24.27 | ↓ -40% |
| cigna | commercial | $43.35 | ↑ +8% |
| cigna | local plus | $49.20 | ↑ +22% |
| aetna | commercial | $49.77 | ↑ +24% |
| first choice | commercial | $50.60 | ↑ +26% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $63.20 | ↑ +57% |
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Amino acid screen, urine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $62.40 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $12.48 – $65.19 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $12.48 – $63.11 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $166.60 | $13.87 – $59.20 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $32.40 | $14.36 – $24.89 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $34.40 | $8.43 – $27.19 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $34.40 | $8.63 – $27.19 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $63.20 | $9.08 – $25.15 |