Ghs analysis neurostim without reprogramming at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$172.38
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.
$338.00
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.
$0.56 with first choice vs $751.67 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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| first choice | commercial | $0.56 | ↓ -100% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $19.06 | ↓ -89% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $19.34 | ↓ -89% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $19.34 | ↓ -89% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $19.34 | ↓ -89% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $19.34 | ↓ -89% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $19.34 | ↓ -89% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $19.50 | ↓ -89% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $19.50 | ↓ -89% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $19.50 | ↓ -89% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $20.57 | ↓ -88% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $33.83 | ↓ -80% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $34.40 | ↓ -80% |
| premera | commercial | $40.71 | ↓ -76% |
| regence | commercial | $46.48 | ↓ -73% |
| cigna | commercial | $62.95 | ↓ -63% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $113.54 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $144.62 | ↓ -16% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $145.34 | ↓ -16% |
| aetna | commercial | $212.94 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $249.58 | ↑ +45% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $740.65 | ↑ +330% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $751.67 | ↑ +336% |
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Ghs analysis neurostim without reprogramming at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $350.88 | $154.07 – $512.44 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $350.88 | $154.07 – $496.09 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $350.88 | $154.50 – $512.44 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $186.16 | $151.52 – $457.93 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $230.00 | $99.40 – $516.69 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $142.40 | $158.72 – $397.56 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $287.60 | $101.68 – $638.68 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $287.60 | $104.03 – $638.68 |