Echo transesophageal intraop at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$848.64
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.
$1,664.00
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.
$5.98 with first choice vs $1,331.20 with coventry - first 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 | $5.98 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $42.73 | ↓ -95% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $165.20 | ↓ -81% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $218.37 | ↓ -74% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $220.91 | ↓ -74% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $220.91 | ↓ -74% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $220.91 | ↓ -74% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $220.91 | ↓ -74% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $220.91 | ↓ -74% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $225.26 | ↓ -73% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $225.26 | ↓ -73% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $225.26 | ↓ -73% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $235.60 | ↓ -72% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $373.99 | ↓ -56% |
| premera | commercial | $442.58 | ↓ -48% |
| regence | commercial | $496.34 | ↓ -42% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $574.76 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $615.17 | ↓ -28% |
| cigna | commercial | $721.03 | ↓ -15% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,048.32 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,228.70 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,331.20 | ↑ +57% |
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Echo transesophageal intraop at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $632.74 – $2,263.43 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $632.74 – $2,191.19 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,358.70 | $608.89 – $1,733.69 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,621.20 | $344.23 – $1,882.98 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $1,311.44 | $534.16 – $2,696.85 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $932.80 | $314.78 – $2,238.93 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,558.00 | $651.87 – $1,717.01 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,776.40 | $2,371.25 – $3,622.44 |