Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide 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.
$40.88 with first choice vs $18,711.00 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 | $40.88 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $48.36 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $65.18 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $84.24 | — |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $714.75 | — |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,441.55 | — |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,484.10 | — |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,484.10 | — |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,484.10 | — |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,484.10 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,484.10 | — |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,517.65 | — |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,517.65 | — |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,517.65 | — |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,555.35 | — |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $2,626.68 | — |
| premera | commercial | $3,108.42 | — |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,370.99 | — |
| regence | commercial | $3,486.00 | — |
| cigna | commercial | $4,759.89 | — |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $6,400.53 | — |
| cigna | local plus | $9,117.06 | — |
| aetna | commercial | $18,711.00 | — |
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Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $6,340.80 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $6,340.80 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $6,340.80 | $7,277.00 – $17,257.00 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $4,426.89 – $4,426.89 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $5,419.00 – $33,603.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $10,122.47 – $10,122.47 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $4,912.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $2,368.29 – $7,909.00 |