Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at Virginia Mason Medical Center

1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$447.27

Cash price

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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.

$877.00

Gross charge

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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.

$6.83 with first choice vs $701.60 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
first choice commercial $6.83 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $119.30 ↓ -73%
regence medicare advantage $144.86 ↓ -68%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $170.42 ↓ -62%
humana medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -62%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $170.42 ↓ -62%
united healthcare medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -62%
optum care network medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $175.54 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $178.95 ↓ -60%
united healthcare commercial $259.45 ↓ -42%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $286.45 ↓ -36%
signal health medicare advantage $295.55 ↓ -34%
regence uniform medical plan $402.54 ↓ -10%
kaiser health plan commercial $430.76 ↓ -4%
confluence health medicare advantage $432.29 ↓ -3%
regence commercial $486.15 ↑ +9%
cigna commercial $507.95 ↑ +14%
premera commercial $520.29 ↑ +16%
aetna commercial $552.51 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $577.22 ↑ +29%
coventry - first health commercial $701.60 ↑ +57%

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,515.04 $250.04 – $1,189.57
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,515.04 $250.04 – $1,151.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $735.70 $240.61 – $911.16
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,515.04 $250.74 – $1,189.57
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $794.50 $138.41 – $445.13
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $711.90 $240.61 – $989.62
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $863.10 $240.61 – $631.61
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $721.76 $245.89 – $1,063.02

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →