Athletic trn eval high cmplx 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

$157.08

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$308.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.55 with first choice vs $1,211.29 with confluence health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
first choice commercial $1.55 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $58.26 ↓ -63%
humana medicare advantage $59.51 ↓ -62%
united healthcare medicare advantage $59.51 ↓ -62%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $59.51 ↓ -62%
optum care network medicare advantage $59.51 ↓ -62%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $59.51 ↓ -62%
signal health medicare advantage $60.54 ↓ -61%
multiplan medicare advantage $60.54 ↓ -61%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $60.54 ↓ -61%
cigna commercial $61.04 ↓ -61%
regence medicare advantage $62.86 ↓ -60%
regence uniform medical plan $98.81 ↓ -37%
premera commercial $116.94 ↓ -26%
regence commercial $131.14 ↓ -17%
kaiser health plan commercial $150.06 ↓ -4%
aetna commercial $194.04 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $227.43 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $246.40 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $345.88 ↑ +120%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $591.62 ↑ +277%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,211.29 ↑ +671%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Athletic trn eval high cmplx at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $212.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $294.79 – $294.79
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $518.48 – $518.48
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $117.29 – $117.29
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $66.83 – $66.83
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $253.26 – $253.26
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $92.38 – $92.38
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia not published $283.37 – $283.37

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →