Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$2,645.88
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.
$5,188.00
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.
$0.81 with aetna vs $4,150.40 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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| aetna | medicare advantage | $0.81 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $7.45 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $72.99 | ↓ -97% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $246.39 | ↓ -91% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $265.59 | ↓ -90% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $283.97 | ↓ -89% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $285.24 | ↓ -89% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $285.24 | ↓ -89% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $285.24 | ↓ -89% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $285.24 | ↓ -89% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $285.24 | ↓ -89% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $293.41 | ↓ -89% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $293.41 | ↓ -89% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $293.41 | ↓ -89% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $306.39 | ↓ -88% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $472.18 | ↓ -82% |
| premera | commercial | $558.78 | ↓ -79% |
| regence | commercial | $626.65 | ↓ -76% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $763.86 | ↓ -71% |
| cigna | commercial | $937.66 | ↓ -65% |
| aetna | commercial | $3,268.44 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $3,830.82 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $4,150.40 | ↑ +57% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,932.32 | $1,822.85 – $7,943.60 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,932.32 | $1,822.85 – $7,650.00 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $5,360.00 | $1,554.00 – $1,554.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,517.60 | $1,754.15 – $5,056.50 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,932.32 | $203.53 – $7,943.60 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $3,521.00 | $1,754.15 – $6,935.30 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,124.55 | $1,605.23 – $7,012.24 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $778.04 | $1,095.64 – $2,507.80 |