Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$980.73

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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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$1,923.00

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.

$4.84 with first choice vs $1,031.46 with aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $4.84 ↓ -100%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $176.70 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $176.70 ↓ -82%
optum care network medicare advantage $176.70 ↓ -82%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $176.70 ↓ -82%
united healthcare medicare advantage $176.70 ↓ -82%
united healthcare commercial $178.87 ↓ -82%
multiplan medicare advantage $184.31 ↓ -81%
signal health medicare advantage $185.49 ↓ -81%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $185.49 ↓ -81%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $192.59 ↓ -80%
regence medicare advantage $192.99 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $196.99 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage $227.95 ↓ -77%
regence uniform medical plan $294.56 ↓ -70%
confluence health medicare advantage $304.17 ↓ -69%
coventry - first health commercial $324.19 ↓ -67%
premera commercial $348.59 ↓ -64%
regence commercial $390.93 ↓ -60%
kaiser health plan commercial $551.14 ↓ -44%
cigna commercial $590.62 ↓ -40%
cigna local plus $891.79 ↓ -9%
aetna commercial $1,031.46 ↑ +5%

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,147.20 $276.30 – $1,095.29
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,147.20 $276.30 – $1,060.33
Central Medical Center Seattle $830.40 $242.00 – $242.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $948.50 $265.88 – $838.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,147.20 $277.07 – $1,095.29
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $850.50 $217.13 – $491.89
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,292.20 $271.72 – $978.77
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $520.00 $68.97 – $1,039.16

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →