CT colonography screening at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,976.25
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.
$3,875.00
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.
$3.25 with aetna vs $2,441.25 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 | $3.25 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $14.21 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $22.20 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $126.44 | ↓ -94% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $184.31 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $223.81 | ↓ -89% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $263.30 | ↓ -87% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $263.30 | ↓ -87% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $263.30 | ↓ -87% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $263.30 | ↓ -87% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $263.30 | ↓ -87% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $276.47 | ↓ -86% |
| cigna | commercial | $784.77 | ↓ -60% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $789.30 | ↓ -60% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $806.74 | ↓ -59% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $839.85 | ↓ -58% |
| cigna | local plus | $891.79 | ↓ -55% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,285.82 | ↓ -35% |
| premera | commercial | $1,521.65 | ↓ -23% |
| regence | commercial | $1,706.48 | ↓ -14% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,996.81 | ↑ +1% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $2,336.62 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $2,441.25 | ↑ +24% |
Visitor-reported prices
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CT colonography screening at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $276.30 – $839.40 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $276.30 – $646.54 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $242.00 – $242.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,784.30 | $265.88 – $491.89 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,426.88 | $707.78 – $2,909.70 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $987.22 | $707.78 – $2,909.70 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $983.32 | $707.78 – $2,424.75 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,101.60 | $271.53 – $1,145.33 |