Apply surf ldr radionuclide at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$281.01
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.
$551.00
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.
$3.82 with first choice vs $812.62 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.
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 | commercial | $3.82 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $16.24 | ↓ -94% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $83.49 | ↓ -70% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $101.38 | ↓ -64% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $119.28 | ↓ -58% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $119.28 | ↓ -58% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $119.28 | ↓ -58% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $119.28 | ↓ -58% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $119.28 | ↓ -58% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $122.85 | ↓ -56% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $146.48 | ↓ -48% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $151.01 | ↓ -46% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $154.87 | ↓ -45% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $245.78 | ↓ -13% |
| premera | commercial | $290.86 | ↑ +4% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $296.64 | ↑ +6% |
| regence | commercial | $326.19 | ↑ +16% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $332.25 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $347.13 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $355.50 | ↑ +27% |
| cigna | local plus | $403.98 | ↑ +44% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $536.40 | ↑ +91% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $812.62 | ↑ +189% |
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Apply surf ldr radionuclide at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $320.00 | $110.00 – $110.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $118.15 – $576.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $118.15 – $558.33 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $237.20 | $114.77 – $544.64 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $352.80 | $116.11 – $566.67 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $352.80 | $116.69 – $566.67 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $328.40 | $115.79 – $569.11 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $352.80 | $116.11 – $566.67 |