Establish access to aorta at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$2,410.77
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.
$4,727.00
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.
$13.73 with aetna vs $3,490.42 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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| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $13.73 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $14.18 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $17.17 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $29.24 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $30.05 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $122.42 | ↓ -95% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $123.88 | ↓ -95% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $123.88 | ↓ -95% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $123.88 | ↓ -95% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $123.88 | ↓ -95% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $123.88 | ↓ -95% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $126.67 | ↓ -95% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $126.67 | ↓ -95% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $126.67 | ↓ -95% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $132.08 | ↓ -95% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $225.14 | ↓ -91% |
| premera | commercial | $266.44 | ↓ -89% |
| cigna | commercial | $404.22 | ↓ -83% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $613.62 | ↓ -75% |
| regence | commercial | $1,404.36 | ↓ -42% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,424.58 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | commercial | $2,978.01 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $3,490.42 | ↑ +45% |
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Establish access to aorta at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,400.64 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,400.64 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,180.20 | $16,508.00 – $16,508.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,400.64 | $10,403.00 – $10,403.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $114.40 | $6,914.00 – $6,914.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $782.74 | $1,117.31 – $1,596.15 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $541.55 | $762.61 – $1,596.15 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $539.41 | $1,276.92 – $1,330.13 |