Ghs o2 uptake rest & exercise 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

$242.25

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$475.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.55 with first choice vs $1,682.35 with aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
first choice commercial $1.55 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $59.38 ↓ -75%
humana medicare advantage $60.39 ↓ -75%
united healthcare medicare advantage $60.39 ↓ -75%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $60.39 ↓ -75%
optum care network medicare advantage $60.39 ↓ -75%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $60.39 ↓ -75%
signal health medicare advantage $63.77 ↓ -74%
multiplan medicare advantage $63.77 ↓ -74%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $63.77 ↓ -74%
regence medicare advantage $64.06 ↓ -74%
confluence health medicare advantage $86.89 ↓ -64%
regence uniform medical plan $98.19 ↓ -59%
premera commercial $116.20 ↓ -52%
regence commercial $130.31 ↓ -46%
coventry - first health commercial $155.23 ↓ -36%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $175.54 ↓ -28%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $178.95 ↓ -26%
kaiser health plan commercial $192.57 ↓ -21%
cigna commercial $196.06 ↓ -19%
aetna commercial $299.25 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $350.74 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $1,682.35 ↑ +594%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ghs o2 uptake rest & exercise at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $340.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $149.00 – $650.25
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $149.00 – $629.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $341.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $342.30 $143.39 – $498.06
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $359.10 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $407.40 $89.50 – $540.95
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $621.60 $143.39 – $376.39

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →