Echo guide for artery repair at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$764.49
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.
$1,499.00
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.
$7.92 with first choice vs $1,106.86 with cigna — 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 | $7.92 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $8.93 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $9.38 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $25.99 | ↓ -97% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $32.49 | ↓ -96% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $237.44 | ↓ -69% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $288.32 | ↓ -62% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $288.86 | ↓ -62% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $290.41 | ↓ -62% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $290.41 | ↓ -62% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $290.41 | ↓ -62% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $290.41 | ↓ -62% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $290.41 | ↓ -62% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $302.51 | ↓ -60% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $302.51 | ↓ -60% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $485.31 | ↓ -37% |
| premera | commercial | $574.32 | ↓ -25% |
| regence | commercial | $644.08 | ↓ -16% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $829.54 | ↑ +9% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $834.95 | ↑ +9% |
| aetna | commercial | $944.37 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $953.78 | ↑ +25% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,106.86 | ↑ +45% |
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Echo guide for artery repair at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $783.36 | $250.04 – $1,189.57 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $783.36 | $250.04 – $1,151.61 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,070.40 | $312.00 – $312.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $582.40 | $240.61 – $911.16 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $783.36 | $250.74 – $1,189.57 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $952.70 | $240.61 – $989.62 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,429.40 | $240.61 – $1,075.01 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $387.40 | $245.89 – $1,140.16 |