Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,730.43
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.
$3,393.00
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.
$2.03 with confluence health vs $2,714.40 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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| confluence health | medicare advantage | $2.03 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $17.66 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $20.31 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $61.96 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $66.76 | ↓ -96% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $529.02 | ↓ -69% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $642.39 | ↓ -63% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $677.52 | ↓ -61% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $699.85 | ↓ -60% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $699.85 | ↓ -60% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $699.85 | ↓ -60% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $699.85 | ↓ -60% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $699.85 | ↓ -60% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $712.21 | ↓ -59% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $712.21 | ↓ -59% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,123.84 | ↓ -35% |
| premera | commercial | $1,329.96 | ↓ -23% |
| regence | commercial | $1,491.51 | ↓ -14% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $2,045.98 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $2,137.59 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $2,237.10 | ↑ +29% |
| cigna | local plus | $2,505.39 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $2,714.40 | ↑ +57% |
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Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $3,297.60 | $806.51 – $3,480.44 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $3,297.60 | $806.51 – $3,369.37 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,385.60 | $694.00 – $694.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,545.20 | $776.11 – $2,665.87 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $3,297.60 | $808.77 – $3,480.44 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,292.50 | $635.31 – $1,435.81 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,169.70 | $776.11 – $2,895.43 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,268.28 | $793.15 – $3,110.18 |