Ivp w/nephrotomography at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$612.51
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.
$1,201.00
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.
$4.67 with first choice vs $756.63 with aetna — 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 | $4.67 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $13.81 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $49.95 | ↓ -92% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $135.74 | ↓ -78% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $164.82 | ↓ -73% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $165.70 | ↓ -73% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $173.39 | ↓ -72% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $173.39 | ↓ -72% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $173.39 | ↓ -72% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $173.39 | ↓ -72% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $173.39 | ↓ -72% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $179.16 | ↓ -71% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $180.59 | ↓ -71% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $180.59 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $203.61 | ↓ -67% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $292.06 | ↓ -52% |
| premera | commercial | $345.63 | ↓ -44% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $359.47 | ↓ -41% |
| regence | commercial | $387.61 | ↓ -37% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $435.88 | ↓ -29% |
| cigna | commercial | $577.95 | ↓ -6% |
| cigna | local plus | $656.77 | ↑ +7% |
| aetna | commercial | $756.63 | ↑ +24% |
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Ivp w/nephrotomography at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $790.08 | $203.11 – $856.43 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $790.08 | $203.11 – $829.10 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $616.00 | $179.00 – $179.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,287.20 | $195.46 – $655.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $790.08 | $203.68 – $856.43 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,388.00 | $162.81 – $361.60 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,662.50 | $195.46 – $686.11 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,296.00 | $209.25 – $571.85 |