Assay of urine sulfate at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$14.28
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.
$28.00
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.
$3.84 with multiplan vs $22.40 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 | $3.84 | ↓ -73% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $4.67 | ↓ -67% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $5.49 | ↓ -62% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $5.49 | ↓ -62% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $5.49 | ↓ -62% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $5.49 | ↓ -62% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $5.49 | ↓ -62% |
| regence | commercial | $5.49 | ↓ -62% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $5.49 | ↓ -62% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $5.65 | ↓ -60% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $5.76 | ↓ -60% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $6.59 | ↓ -54% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $8.78 | ↓ -39% |
| premera | commercial | $9.61 | ↓ -33% |
| cigna | commercial | $17.16 | ↑ +20% |
| aetna | commercial | $17.64 | ↑ +24% |
| first choice | commercial | $17.93 | ↑ +26% |
| cigna | local plus | $19.48 | ↑ +36% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $22.40 | ↑ +57% |
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Assay of urine sulfate at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $24.80 | $4.00 – $4.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $4.94 – $25.80 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $4.94 – $24.98 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $58.10 | $5.49 – $10.16 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $72.80 | $5.49 – $21.47 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $21.20 | $1.87 – $9.95 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $45.49 | $5.49 – $92.77 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $31.48 | $5.49 – $92.77 |