Assistive tech assessment, ot at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
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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.
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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.
$1.11 with first choice vs $1,331.76 with aetna — 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 | $1.11 | — |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $29.39 | — |
| regence | medicare advantage | $35.69 | — |
| united healthcare | commercial | $41.28 | — |
| regence | commercial | $41.99 | — |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $41.99 | — |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $41.99 | — |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $41.99 | — |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $41.99 | — |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $41.99 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $41.99 | — |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $41.99 | — |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $42.81 | — |
| premera | commercial | $42.81 | — |
| cigna | commercial | $43.24 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $43.25 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $44.09 | — |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $91.99 | — |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $115.43 | — |
| cigna | local plus | $148.95 | — |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $1,136.27 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,331.76 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assistive tech assessment, ot at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $105.60 | $31.06 – $117.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $105.60 | $31.06 – $118.01 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $105.60 | $31.06 – $86.18 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $70.70 | $38.34 – $71.82 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $76.44 | $34.94 – $90.06 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $50.00 | $38.80 – $71.99 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $65.20 | $22.19 – $180.43 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $65.20 | $22.19 – $180.43 |