Esoph imped function test at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$577.32
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.
$1,132.00
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.
$5.12 with first choice vs $835.87 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 | $5.12 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $48.99 | ↓ -92% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $102.69 | ↓ -82% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $129.14 | ↓ -78% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $189.07 | ↓ -67% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $189.07 | ↓ -67% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $189.07 | ↓ -67% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $189.07 | ↓ -67% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $189.07 | ↓ -67% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $191.13 | ↓ -67% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $199.04 | ↓ -66% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $199.04 | ↓ -66% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $199.04 | ↓ -66% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $206.22 | ↓ -64% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $315.83 | ↓ -45% |
| premera | commercial | $373.75 | ↓ -35% |
| regence | commercial | $419.15 | ↓ -27% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $429.37 | ↓ -26% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $555.54 | ↓ -4% |
| cigna | commercial | $631.10 | ↑ +9% |
| aetna | commercial | $713.16 | ↑ +24% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $746.30 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | local plus | $835.87 | ↑ +45% |
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Esoph imped function test at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $828.96 | $250.04 – $1,189.57 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $828.96 | $250.04 – $1,151.61 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $904.00 | not published |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $828.96 | $250.74 – $1,189.57 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $534.80 | $242.87 – $1,246.27 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $604.99 | $863.59 – $1,319.92 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $418.58 | $589.44 – $1,233.70 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $416.92 | $411.71 – $1,028.08 |