Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$6,412.74
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.
$12,574.00
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.
$6.05 with aetna vs $10,059.20 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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| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $6.05 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $30.05 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $65.26 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $117.57 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $148.41 | ↓ -98% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $351.17 | ↓ -95% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $356.55 | ↓ -94% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $356.55 | ↓ -94% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $356.55 | ↓ -94% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $356.55 | ↓ -94% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $356.55 | ↓ -94% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $364.12 | ↓ -94% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $364.12 | ↓ -94% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $364.12 | ↓ -94% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $378.89 | ↓ -94% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $643.54 | ↓ -90% |
| premera | commercial | $761.56 | ↓ -88% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,159.54 | ↓ -82% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,778.15 | ↓ -72% |
| regence | commercial | $5,031.46 | ↓ -22% |
| aetna | commercial | $7,921.62 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $9,284.64 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $10,059.20 | ↑ +57% |
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Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $13,007.04 | $6,443.62 – $22,383.45 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $13,007.04 | $6,443.62 – $21,556.13 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $12,560.00 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,988.10 | $5,419.00 – $15,780.92 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $13,007.04 | $6,461.70 – $22,383.45 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $12,681.90 | $4,869.41 – $11,471.40 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $9,990.40 | $590.92 – $17,051.86 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $15,751.40 | $2,985.00 – $16,276.98 |