Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$2,314.89
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.
$4,539.00
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.
$27.14 with first choice vs $3,631.20 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.
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 | $27.14 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $187.54 | ↓ -92% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $775.76 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $858.10 | ↓ -63% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $941.99 | ↓ -59% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $1,030.96 | ↓ -55% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,090.49 | ↓ -53% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,108.22 | ↓ -52% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,108.22 | ↓ -52% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,108.22 | ↓ -52% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,108.22 | ↓ -52% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,108.22 | ↓ -52% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,131.30 | ↓ -51% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,173.67 | ↓ -49% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,776.14 | ↓ -23% |
| premera | commercial | $2,101.88 | ↓ -9% |
| regence | commercial | $2,357.20 | ↑ +2% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $2,737.02 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $2,859.57 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $3,303.07 | ↑ +43% |
| cigna | local plus | $3,351.60 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,631.20 | ↑ +57% |
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Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,476.48 | $994.41 – $4,272.07 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,476.48 | $994.41 – $4,135.72 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $3,464.00 | not published |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $3,244.50 | $411.87 – $1,052.63 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,476.48 | $997.20 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $4,351.90 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,115.70 | $926.45 – $1,770.32 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,244.50 | $956.93 – $4,502.24 |