F-18 fdg pet diag at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$183.60
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.
$360.00
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.
$216.00 with premera vs $288.00 with coventry - first 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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| premera | commercial | $216.00 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $217.08 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $226.80 | ↑ +24% |
| first choice | commercial | $230.58 | ↑ +26% |
| regence | commercial | $252.00 | ↑ +37% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $252.00 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | local plus | $265.82 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $265.82 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $288.00 | ↑ +57% |
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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $275.00 – $275.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $275.00 – $275.00 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $509.46 – $509.46 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $52.00 | $1,252.77 – $1,252.77 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $52.00 | not published |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $365.60 | not published |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $278.40 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $718.39 | $1,025.46 – $1,464.93 |