Ins tun cvad 2 cath w/subq port(s) at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$8,351.25
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.
$16,375.00
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.
$22.94 with aetna vs $12,091.30 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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| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $22.94 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $50.50 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $137.89 | ↓ -98% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $312.66 | ↓ -96% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $363.12 | ↓ -96% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $368.72 | ↓ -96% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $368.72 | ↓ -96% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $368.72 | ↓ -96% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $368.72 | ↓ -96% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $368.72 | ↓ -96% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $377.70 | ↓ -95% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $377.70 | ↓ -95% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $377.70 | ↓ -95% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $391.79 | ↓ -95% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $659.17 | ↓ -92% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $676.50 | ↓ -92% |
| premera | commercial | $780.07 | ↓ -91% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,199.00 | ↓ -86% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,746.74 | ↓ -79% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $7,541.00 | ↓ -10% |
| aetna | commercial | $10,316.25 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $10,657.20 | ↑ +28% |
| cigna | local plus | $12,091.30 | ↑ +45% |
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Ins tun cvad 2 cath w/subq port(s) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $6,443.62 – $22,383.45 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $6,443.62 – $21,556.13 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $6,324.50 | $606.99 – $17,051.86 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,984.64 | $4,260.41 – $24,223.69 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $2,064.99 | $2,907.90 – $6,086.30 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $2,056.83 | $4,869.04 – $13,984.77 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $2,239.74 | $4,869.04 – $13,984.77 |