Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,253.07
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.
$2,457.00
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.
$13.23 with first choice vs $1,814.25 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 | $13.23 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $181.36 | ↓ -86% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $375.92 | ↓ -70% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $404.58 | ↓ -68% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $450.36 | ↓ -64% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $450.36 | ↓ -64% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $450.36 | ↓ -64% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $450.36 | ↓ -64% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $450.36 | ↓ -64% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $471.92 | ↓ -62% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $483.24 | ↓ -61% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $483.24 | ↓ -61% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $491.28 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $606.87 | ↓ -52% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $766.74 | ↓ -39% |
| premera | commercial | $907.36 | ↓ -28% |
| regence | commercial | $1,017.58 | ↓ -19% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $1,051.82 | ↓ -16% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,316.48 | ↑ +5% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,392.13 | ↑ +11% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,547.91 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,558.24 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,814.25 | ↑ +45% |
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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,466.88 | $432.11 – $2,282.37 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,466.88 | $432.11 – $2,209.53 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,716.00 | not published |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,466.88 | $433.33 – $2,282.37 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $620.00 | $445.17 – $1,668.17 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $599.49 | $855.73 – $2,278.41 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $414.77 | $584.07 – $1,684.98 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $413.13 | $977.98 – $1,315.36 |