Ecg/1-3 leads/interp & report only 93042 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

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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.

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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.

$0.20 with first choice vs $1,558.90 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.

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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 $0.20
united healthcare commercial $6.87
humana medicare advantage $6.92
kaiser foundation hp medicare $6.92
united healthcare medicare advantage $6.92
optum care network medicare advantage $6.92
humana choicecare medicare advantage $6.92
signal health medicare advantage $7.12
multiplan medicare advantage $7.12
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $7.12
regence medicare advantage $7.41
regence uniform medical plan $12.51
premera commercial $14.80
regence commercial $16.60
coventry - first health commercial $21.24
cigna commercial $22.67
kaiser health plan commercial $34.55
confluence health medicare advantage $48.67
aetna medicare advantage hmo $883.34
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,381.48
aetna medicare advantage $1,558.90

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Ecg/1-3 leads/interp & report only 93042 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $22.80 – $22.80
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $91.91 – $91.91
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $27.96 – $27.96
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $91.91 – $91.91
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $53.49 – $53.49
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $91.91 – $91.91
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $11.47 – $11.47
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $66.33 – $66.33

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