Inject for sacroiliac joint at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,112.31
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.
$2,181.00
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.
$169.67 with aetna vs $1,744.80 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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| aetna | commercial | $169.67 | ↓ -85% |
| premera | commercial | $1,308.60 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,315.14 | ↑ +18% |
| first choice | commercial | $1,396.93 | ↑ +26% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,526.70 | ↑ +37% |
| regence | commercial | $1,526.70 | ↑ +37% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,526.70 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,610.45 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,744.80 | ↑ +57% |
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Inject for sacroiliac joint at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $617.48 | $881.41 – $1,259.16 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $427.22 | $601.60 – $1,259.16 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $425.53 | $1,007.33 – $1,049.30 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $463.37 | $1,007.33 – $1,049.30 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $494.38 | $237.85 – $1,259.16 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $439.06 | $1,007.33 – $1,049.30 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $403.27 | $1,007.33 – $1,049.30 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $13,212.00 – $13,212.00 |