Dup scan/lwr xtr vasc stdy bilat 93924 at Virginia Mason Medical Center

1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$403.41

Cash price

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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.

$791.00

Gross charge

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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.

$4.80 with first choice vs $624.98 with coventry - first health — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
first choice commercial $4.80 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $73.10 ↓ -82%
multiplan medicare advantage $119.30 ↓ -70%
regence medicare advantage $144.86 ↓ -64%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $170.42 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -58%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $170.42 ↓ -58%
united healthcare medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -58%
optum care network medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -58%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $175.54 ↓ -56%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $178.95 ↓ -56%
united healthcare commercial $180.29 ↓ -55%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $184.42 ↓ -54%
signal health medicare advantage $190.89 ↓ -53%
regence uniform medical plan $295.19 ↓ -27%
premera commercial $349.33 ↓ -13%
regence commercial $391.76 ↓ -3%
kaiser health plan commercial $476.97 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $498.33 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $507.95 ↑ +26%
confluence health medicare advantage $533.29 ↑ +32%
cigna local plus $577.22 ↑ +43%
coventry - first health commercial $624.98 ↑ +55%

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Dup scan/lwr xtr vasc stdy bilat 93924 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $467.52 $250.04 – $759.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $467.52 $250.04 – $629.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $704.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,586.90 $240.61 – $612.36
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $467.52 $250.74 – $650.25
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $514.80 $250.04 – $861.92
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $998.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $905.80 $138.41 – $445.13

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