Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,491.24
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.
$2,924.00
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.
$7.23 with first choice vs $2,022.88 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 | $7.23 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $41.57 | ↓ -97% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $203.14 | ↓ -86% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $260.70 | ↓ -83% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $260.70 | ↓ -83% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $260.70 | ↓ -83% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $260.70 | ↓ -83% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $260.70 | ↓ -83% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $261.87 | ↓ -82% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $271.82 | ↓ -82% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $271.82 | ↓ -82% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $271.82 | ↓ -82% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $282.54 | ↓ -81% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $431.02 | ↓ -71% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $441.53 | ↓ -70% |
| premera | commercial | $522.51 | ↓ -65% |
| regence | commercial | $585.98 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $615.17 | ↓ -59% |
| cigna | commercial | $864.68 | ↓ -42% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $871.82 | ↓ -42% |
| aetna | commercial | $902.59 | ↓ -39% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $925.94 | ↓ -38% |
| cigna | local plus | $2,022.88 | ↑ +36% |
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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,720.00 | $632.74 – $2,263.43 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,720.00 | $632.74 – $2,191.19 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,537.60 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,871.10 | $608.89 – $1,733.69 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,720.00 | $612.38 – $2,263.43 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,697.80 | $488.84 – $1,126.45 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,518.30 | $409.63 – $1,882.98 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,771.70 | $608.89 – $1,598.35 |