Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$272.34
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.
$534.00
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.
$6.57 with first choice vs $776.02 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.
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 | $6.57 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $45.70 | ↓ -83% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $53.88 | ↓ -80% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $119.30 | ↓ -56% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $144.86 | ↓ -47% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $170.42 | ↓ -37% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $170.42 | ↓ -37% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $170.42 | ↓ -37% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $170.42 | ↓ -37% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $170.42 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $175.54 | ↓ -36% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $231.54 | ↓ -15% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $236.17 | ↓ -13% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $240.08 | ↓ -12% |
| premera | commercial | $320.40 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $322.00 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $336.42 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $373.80 | ↑ +37% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $373.80 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | local plus | $394.31 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $394.31 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $398.20 | ↑ +46% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $776.02 | ↑ +185% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $456.00 | $149.00 – $650.25 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $456.00 | $149.00 – $629.49 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $446.40 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $557.20 | $143.39 – $498.06 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $456.00 | $149.42 – $650.25 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $314.60 | $146.53 – $581.07 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $345.80 | $125.79 – $774.76 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $294.40 | $92.53 – $647.16 |