Med physic dos eval rad exps at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,321.92
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.
$2,592.00
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.
$24.31 with first choice vs $2,073.60 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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| first choice | commercial | $24.31 | ↓ -98% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $224.61 | ↓ -83% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $279.77 | ↓ -79% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $404.58 | ↓ -69% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $491.28 | ↓ -63% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $577.97 | ↓ -56% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $577.97 | ↓ -56% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $577.97 | ↓ -56% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $577.97 | ↓ -56% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $577.97 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $595.31 | ↓ -55% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,059.39 | ↓ -20% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,094.63 | ↓ -17% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,159.67 | ↓ -12% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,381.23 | ↑ +4% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,431.92 | ↑ +8% |
| premera | commercial | $1,555.20 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,632.96 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $1,668.13 | ↑ +26% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,722.65 | ↑ +30% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,913.93 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $2,073.60 | ↑ +57% |
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Med physic dos eval rad exps at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $432.11 – $1,480.97 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $432.11 – $1,011.14 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | $531.00 – $531.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $264.60 | $415.83 – $769.28 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $198.64 | $424.95 – $1,946.95 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $415.83 – $457.41 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $415.83 – $1,058.28 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $433.33 – $961.98 |