Lateral thoracic extension at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
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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.
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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.
$206.35 with multiplan vs $1,045.69 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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| multiplan | medicare advantage | $206.35 | — |
| regence | medicare advantage | $250.56 | — |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $287.87 | — |
| regence | commercial | $287.87 | — |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $294.78 | — |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $294.78 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $294.78 | — |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $294.78 | — |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $294.78 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $303.62 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $309.52 | — |
| united healthcare | commercial | $353.74 | — |
| premera | commercial | $765.73 | — |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $831.08 | — |
| cigna | commercial | $921.39 | — |
| cigna | local plus | $1,045.69 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lateral thoracic extension at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $300.68 – $913.47 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $300.68 – $735.33 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $153.20 | $287.87 – $1,248.58 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $153.20 | $259.08 – $503.88 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $153.20 | $251.89 – $1,299.09 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $153.20 | $251.89 – $1,299.09 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $153.20 | $259.08 – $545.13 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $153.20 | $251.89 – $1,299.09 |