Electrophysiology evaluation at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,575.39
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.
$3,089.00
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.
$9.86 with first choice vs $2,280.92 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 | $9.86 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $39.51 | ↓ -97% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $318.81 | ↓ -80% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $348.12 | ↓ -78% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $349.15 | ↓ -78% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $349.15 | ↓ -78% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $349.15 | ↓ -78% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $349.15 | ↓ -78% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $349.15 | ↓ -78% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $358.25 | ↓ -77% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $358.25 | ↓ -77% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $358.25 | ↓ -77% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $375.60 | ↓ -76% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $616.02 | ↓ -61% |
| premera | commercial | $729.00 | ↓ -54% |
| regence | commercial | $817.55 | ↓ -48% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $910.95 | ↓ -42% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,149.47 | ↓ -27% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,210.28 | ↓ -23% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,486.77 | ↓ -6% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,672.92 | ↑ +6% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,946.07 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $2,280.92 | ↑ +45% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,472.32 | $1,409.90 – $4,809.42 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,472.32 | $1,409.90 – $4,631.66 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,714.50 | $1,356.76 – $3,452.95 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,472.32 | $1,413.85 – $4,809.42 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $9,623.60 | $566.25 – $3,663.85 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,555.32 | $1,386.54 – $3,742.85 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $2,848.56 | $1,190.23 – $4,641.53 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,800.00 | $1,369.51 – $4,970.92 |