Digital analysis of eeg at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$506.43
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.
$993.00
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.
$7.40 with first choice vs $1,689.18 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 | $7.40 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $308.65 | ↓ -39% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $331.08 | ↓ -35% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $331.08 | ↓ -35% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $331.08 | ↓ -35% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $331.08 | ↓ -35% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $331.08 | ↓ -35% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $333.01 | ↓ -34% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $344.24 | ↓ -32% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $344.24 | ↓ -32% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $344.24 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $373.78 | ↓ -26% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $514.08 | ↑ +2% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $567.65 | ↑ +12% |
| premera | commercial | $595.80 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $598.78 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $625.59 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $682.26 | ↑ +35% |
| cigna | commercial | $733.23 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | local plus | $733.23 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $794.40 | ↑ +57% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $817.99 | ↑ +62% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $1,689.18 | ↑ +234% |
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Digital analysis of eeg at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $371.70 | $342.93 – $342.93 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $387.10 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $438.20 | not published |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $384.30 | not published |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $596.96 | not published |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $820.56 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $302.80 | $26.13 – $27.67 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $273.91 | $390.99 – $558.55 |