Ins pm gen exist dual lead at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$34,904.91
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.
$68,441.00
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.
$11.30 with first choice vs $54,752.80 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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| first choice | commercial | $11.30 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $150.33 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $211.34 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $237.08 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $385.60 | ↓ -99% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $385.60 | ↓ -99% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $385.60 | ↓ -99% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $385.60 | ↓ -99% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $385.60 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $393.02 | ↓ -99% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $395.88 | ↓ -99% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $395.88 | ↓ -99% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $395.88 | ↓ -99% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $424.04 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $491.82 | ↓ -99% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $709.20 | ↓ -98% |
| premera | commercial | $839.27 | ↓ -98% |
| regence | commercial | $941.22 | ↓ -97% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,297.71 | ↓ -96% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,781.07 | ↓ -95% |
| aetna | commercial | $12,900.00 | ↓ -63% |
| cigna | local plus | $50,536.83 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $54,752.80 | ↑ +57% |
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Ins pm gen exist dual lead at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $18,775.68 | $7,277.00 – $110,611.77 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $18,775.68 | $7,277.00 – $106,523.45 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $54,116.30 | $5,419.00 – $70,409.96 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $18,775.68 | $7,277.00 – $110,611.77 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $24,159.72 | $7,246.00 – $86,081.85 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $20,062.80 | $16,879.37 – $101,541.52 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $25,382.80 | $26,536.26 – $73,362.90 |