Felbamate (felbatol(r)) - sendout at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
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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.
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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.
$13.05 with multiplan vs $84.07 with aetna — 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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| multiplan | medicare advantage | $13.05 | — |
| regence | medicare advantage | $15.84 | — |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $18.64 | — |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $18.64 | — |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $18.64 | — |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $18.64 | — |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $18.64 | — |
| regence | commercial | $18.64 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $18.64 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $19.20 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $19.57 | — |
| united healthcare | commercial | $22.37 | — |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $29.82 | — |
| premera | commercial | $32.62 | — |
| cigna | commercial | $58.26 | — |
| cigna | local plus | $66.12 | — |
| aetna | commercial | $84.07 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Felbamate (felbatol(r)) - sendout at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $75.84 | $16.78 – $56.63 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $75.84 | $16.78 – $43.62 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $75.84 | $16.78 – $41.38 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $91.00 | $18.64 – $34.48 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $129.20 | $7.12 – $33.79 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $132.37 | $18.64 – $269.92 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $91.58 | $18.64 – $269.92 |