Electronic analysis with brain program first 15 min 95983 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

$67.83

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.

$133.00

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.

$1.49 with first choice vs $106.40 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.

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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 $1.49 ↓ -98%
confluence health medicare advantage $32.71 ↓ -52%
united healthcare commercial $50.79 ↓ -25%
optum care network medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -25%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $51.06 ↓ -25%
united healthcare medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -25%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -25%
humana medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -25%
signal health medicare advantage $52.83 ↓ -22%
multiplan medicare advantage $52.83 ↓ -22%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $52.83 ↓ -22%
regence medicare advantage $54.80 ↓ -19%
premera commercial $79.80 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $80.20 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $83.79 ↑ +24%
regence uniform medical plan $91.31 ↑ +35%
regence commercial $93.10 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $98.21 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $98.21 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $102.99 ↑ +52%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $104.98 ↑ +55%
coventry - first health commercial $106.40 ↑ +57%

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Electronic analysis with brain program first 15 min 95983 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $123.84 $110.09 – $533.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $123.84 $110.09 – $516.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $162.40 $105.94 – $408.35
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $123.84 $110.40 – $533.12
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $180.00 $99.40 – $444.15
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $326.00 $101.68 – $462.12
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $326.00 $104.03 – $462.12
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $326.00 $107.89 – $491.86

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