Gastroesophageal reflux study at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$758.37
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.
$1,487.00
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.
$7.13 with first choice vs $1,098.00 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 | $7.13 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $68.23 | ↓ -91% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $187.22 | ↓ -75% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $258.89 | ↓ -66% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $258.89 | ↓ -66% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $258.89 | ↓ -66% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $258.89 | ↓ -66% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $258.89 | ↓ -66% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $264.68 | ↓ -65% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $270.76 | ↓ -64% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $270.76 | ↓ -64% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $270.76 | ↓ -64% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $285.58 | ↓ -62% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $367.93 | ↓ -51% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $376.90 | ↓ -50% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $431.53 | ↓ -43% |
| premera | commercial | $510.67 | ↓ -33% |
| regence | commercial | $572.70 | ↓ -24% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $643.35 | ↓ -15% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $779.46 | ↑ +3% |
| cigna | commercial | $873.96 | ↑ +15% |
| aetna | commercial | $936.81 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,098.00 | ↑ +45% |
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Gastroesophageal reflux study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,382.40 | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,862.30 | $445.48 – $1,325.27 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,200.00 | $464.23 – $1,730.21 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $585.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,211.00 | $365.46 – $824.14 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $892.50 | $399.30 – $1,439.39 |