Brain image w/flow < 4 views at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,292.85
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.
$2,535.00
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.
$4.87 with aetna vs $1,559.47 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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| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $4.87 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $6.35 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $52.55 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $177.15 | ↓ -86% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $218.91 | ↓ -83% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $228.80 | ↓ -82% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $228.80 | ↓ -82% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $228.80 | ↓ -82% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $228.80 | ↓ -82% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $228.80 | ↓ -82% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $233.45 | ↓ -82% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $240.33 | ↓ -81% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $240.33 | ↓ -81% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $240.33 | ↓ -81% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $251.88 | ↓ -81% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $379.62 | ↓ -71% |
| premera | commercial | $449.24 | ↓ -65% |
| regence | commercial | $503.81 | ↓ -61% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $556.88 | ↓ -57% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $685.42 | ↓ -47% |
| cigna | commercial | $770.85 | ↓ -40% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,482.50 | ↑ +15% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,559.47 | ↑ +21% |
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,382.40 | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,190.00 | $365.46 – $824.14 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $921.20 | $350.54 – $1,439.39 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $608.40 | $455.26 – $1,546.15 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $843.37 | $1,203.87 – $1,831.85 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $583.51 | $780.44 – $3,374.91 |