IV inj ra drug dx study at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$847.11
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.
$1,661.00
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.
$1.19 with first choice vs $1,226.48 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 | $1.19 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $30.46 | ↓ -96% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $44.84 | ↓ -95% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $46.09 | ↓ -95% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $46.09 | ↓ -95% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $46.09 | ↓ -95% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $46.09 | ↓ -95% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $46.09 | ↓ -95% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $47.02 | ↓ -94% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $47.02 | ↓ -94% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $47.02 | ↓ -94% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $48.38 | ↓ -94% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $73.80 | ↓ -91% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $83.25 | ↓ -90% |
| premera | commercial | $87.33 | ↓ -90% |
| regence | commercial | $97.94 | ↓ -88% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $120.73 | ↓ -86% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $130.87 | ↓ -85% |
| cigna | commercial | $148.05 | ↓ -83% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $450.84 | ↓ -47% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $552.55 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,046.43 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,226.48 | ↑ +45% |
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IV inj ra drug dx study at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,730.21 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $462.93 – $1,674.99 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $402.00 – $402.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,581.30 | $430.04 – $1,325.27 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,200.00 | $162.24 – $1,730.21 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,099.70 | $228.57 – $824.14 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $406.70 | $68.27 – $1,439.39 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $719.60 | $199.51 – $1,412.57 |