Electronic analysis with brain program ea add 15 min 95984 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

$35.19

Cash price

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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.

$69.00

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.

$1.30 with first choice vs $919.17 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.

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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 $1.30 ↓ -96%
premera commercial $41.40 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $41.61 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $43.47 ↑ +24%
united healthcare commercial $44.61 ↑ +27%
optum care network medicare advantage $45.10 ↑ +28%
humana medicare advantage $45.10 ↑ +28%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $45.10 ↑ +28%
united healthcare medicare advantage $45.10 ↑ +28%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $45.10 ↑ +28%
signal health medicare advantage $46.29 ↑ +32%
multiplan medicare advantage $46.29 ↑ +32%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $46.29 ↑ +32%
regence medicare advantage $48.13 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $48.30 ↑ +37%
regence uniform medical plan $48.30 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $50.95 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $50.95 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $55.20 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $729.46 ↑ +1973%
confluence health medicare advantage $919.17 ↑ +2512%

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Electronic analysis with brain program ea add 15 min 95984 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $61.92 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $61.92 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $122.50 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $61.92 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $132.80 $99.40 – $105.25
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $204.40 $101.68 – $109.81
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $204.40 $104.03 – $112.35
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $204.40 $109.42 – $162.10

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