Ghs sleep study unattended 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

$359.04

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.

$704.00

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.

$4.88 with first choice vs $563.20 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.

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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 $4.88 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $110.04 ↓ -69%
multiplan medicare advantage $119.30 ↓ -67%
regence medicare advantage $144.86 ↓ -60%
optum care network medicare advantage $146.47 ↓ -59%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $146.47 ↓ -59%
humana medicare advantage $146.47 ↓ -59%
united healthcare medicare advantage $146.47 ↓ -59%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $146.47 ↓ -59%
signal health medicare advantage $160.07 ↓ -55%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $160.07 ↓ -55%
united healthcare commercial $168.36 ↓ -53%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $175.54 ↓ -51%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $178.95 ↓ -50%
regence uniform medical plan $278.30 ↓ -22%
premera commercial $329.34 ↓ -8%
regence commercial $369.35 ↑ +3%
kaiser health plan commercial $424.51 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $443.52 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $507.95 ↑ +41%
cigna local plus $519.83 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $563.20 ↑ +57%

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Ghs sleep study unattended at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $744.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $250.04 – $759.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $250.04 – $629.49
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $359.80 $169.79 – $264.67
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $273.70 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $276.50 $138.41 – $445.13
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $596.40 $206.01 – $540.95
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $359.80 $240.61 – $705.97

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