Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$488.07
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.
$957.00
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.
$4.80 with first choice vs $3,374.86 with confluence 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.
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 | $4.80 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $40.12 | ↓ -92% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $69.99 | ↓ -86% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $84.99 | ↓ -83% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $99.99 | ↓ -80% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $99.99 | ↓ -80% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $99.99 | ↓ -80% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $99.99 | ↓ -80% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $99.99 | ↓ -80% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $102.99 | ↓ -79% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $126.90 | ↓ -74% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $161.68 | ↓ -67% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $170.49 | ↓ -65% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $174.10 | ↓ -64% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $249.46 | ↓ -49% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $295.64 | ↓ -39% |
| cigna | commercial | $298.01 | ↓ -39% |
| regence | commercial | $301.27 | ↓ -38% |
| premera | commercial | $323.42 | ↓ -34% |
| cigna | local plus | $338.65 | ↓ -31% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $576.50 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $602.91 | ↑ +24% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $3,374.86 | ↑ +591% |
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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $337.92 | $110.09 – $533.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $337.92 | $110.09 – $516.11 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $337.92 | $110.40 – $533.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $412.88 | $110.09 – $706.67 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $338.80 | $85.77 – $195.99 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $140.80 | $113.42 – $301.28 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $340.00 | $47.38 – $462.12 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $340.00 | $48.48 – $462.12 |