CT hrt w/3d image at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$608.43
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.
$1,193.00
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.
$7.96 with first choice vs $880.91 with cigna — 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 | $7.96 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $23.55 | ↓ -96% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $148.98 | ↓ -76% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $262.66 | ↓ -57% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $262.66 | ↓ -57% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $262.66 | ↓ -57% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $262.66 | ↓ -57% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $262.66 | ↓ -57% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $263.44 | ↓ -57% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $272.31 | ↓ -55% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $272.62 | ↓ -55% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $272.62 | ↓ -55% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $284.23 | ↓ -53% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $356.43 | ↓ -41% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $439.66 | ↓ -28% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $485.70 | ↓ -20% |
| premera | commercial | $520.29 | ↓ -14% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $534.17 | ↓ -12% |
| regence | commercial | $571.84 | ↓ -6% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $738.48 | ↑ +21% |
| aetna | commercial | $751.59 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $869.84 | ↑ +43% |
| cigna | local plus | $880.91 | ↑ +45% |
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CT hrt w/3d image at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $403.99 – $1,227.33 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,052.16 | $403.99 – $945.34 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $358.00 – $358.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,398.60 | $369.07 – $989.41 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,052.16 | $405.13 – $899.38 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $971.60 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,255.80 | $162.81 – $719.22 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,242.50 | $388.77 – $719.22 |