Injection treatment of nerve at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$2,905.98
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.
$5,698.00
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.
$19.12 with first choice vs $4,207.40 with cigna — 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 | $19.12 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $30.27 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $34.93 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $227.17 | ↓ -92% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $364.52 | ↓ -87% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $393.30 | ↓ -86% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $453.24 | ↓ -84% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $453.24 | ↓ -84% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $453.24 | ↓ -84% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $453.24 | ↓ -84% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $453.24 | ↓ -84% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $462.82 | ↓ -84% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $462.82 | ↓ -84% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $462.82 | ↓ -84% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $656.04 | ↓ -77% |
| premera | commercial | $776.36 | ↓ -73% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,203.62 | ↓ -59% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $1,301.94 | ↓ -55% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,557.31 | ↓ -46% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,565.35 | ↓ -46% |
| regence | commercial | $1,614.35 | ↓ -44% |
| aetna | commercial | $3,589.74 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $4,207.40 | ↑ +45% |
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Injection treatment of nerve at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $2,261.24 – $8,373.23 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $2,261.24 – $8,063.75 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $6,866.40 | $804.85 – $9,373.54 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $6,866.40 | $823.46 – $9,373.54 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $6,866.40 | $866.15 – $10,102.89 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $6,866.40 | $804.85 – $9,373.54 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $6,866.40 | $819.68 – $14,137.49 |