Auditory function + 15 min at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$34.17
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.
$67.00
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.
$0.66 with first choice vs $1,747.19 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 | $0.66 | ↓ -98% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $19.44 | ↓ -43% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $19.98 | ↓ -42% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $19.98 | ↓ -42% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $19.98 | ↓ -42% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $19.98 | ↓ -42% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $19.98 | ↓ -42% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $20.15 | ↓ -41% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $20.15 | ↓ -41% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $20.15 | ↓ -41% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $20.98 | ↓ -39% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $34.40 | ↑ +1% |
| premera | commercial | $40.20 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $40.40 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $42.21 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $46.90 | ↑ +37% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $47.79 | ↑ +40% |
| cigna | local plus | $49.47 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $49.47 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $113.47 | ↑ +232% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $173.19 | ↑ +407% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $226.26 | ↑ +562% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $1,747.19 | ↑ +5013% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Auditory function + 15 min at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $62.31 – $62.31 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $31.55 – $31.55 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | not published | $156.71 – $165.93 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | not published | $160.29 – $173.12 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | not published | $164.00 – $177.12 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | not published | $172.50 – $255.55 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | not published | $160.29 – $173.12 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $163.25 – $579.52 |