CT colonography dx w/dye at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,113.33
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.
$2,183.00
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.
$6.90 with aetna vs $1,375.29 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 | $6.90 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $15.53 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $48.46 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $76.75 | ↓ -93% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $135.74 | ↓ -88% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $164.82 | ↓ -85% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $193.91 | ↓ -83% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $193.91 | ↓ -83% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $193.91 | ↓ -83% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $193.91 | ↓ -83% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $193.91 | ↓ -83% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $203.61 | ↓ -82% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $473.49 | ↓ -57% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $534.17 | ↓ -52% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $538.24 | ↓ -52% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $558.31 | ↓ -50% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $566.49 | ↓ -49% |
| regence | commercial | $571.84 | ↓ -49% |
| cigna | commercial | $577.95 | ↓ -48% |
| premera | commercial | $625.08 | ↓ -44% |
| cigna | local plus | $656.77 | ↓ -41% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,291.99 | ↑ +16% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,375.29 | ↑ +24% |
Visitor-reported prices
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CT colonography dx w/dye at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,052.16 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,925.00 | $195.46 – $712.48 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,551.20 | $195.46 – $880.60 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,169.53 | $849.94 – $2,384.91 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $809.17 | $564.47 – $2,384.91 |