Motion analysis video/3d at Virginia Mason Medical Center

1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$840.99

Cash price

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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.

$1,649.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2.58 with first choice vs $1,217.62 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
first choice commercial $2.58 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $85.50 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $86.85 ↓ -90%
united healthcare medicare advantage $86.85 ↓ -90%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $86.85 ↓ -90%
optum care network medicare advantage $86.85 ↓ -90%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $86.85 ↓ -90%
signal health medicare advantage $88.56 ↓ -89%
multiplan medicare advantage $88.56 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $88.56 ↓ -89%
regence medicare advantage $92.25 ↓ -89%
regence uniform medical plan $153.85 ↓ -82%
premera commercial $182.06 ↓ -78%
regence commercial $204.18 ↓ -76%
coventry - first health commercial $235.45 ↓ -72%
cigna commercial $282.32 ↓ -66%
kaiser health plan commercial $449.89 ↓ -47%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $465.70 ↓ -45%
aetna medicare advantage $495.06 ↓ -41%
confluence health medicare advantage $554.67 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $606.87 ↓ -28%
aetna commercial $1,038.87 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,217.62 ↑ +45%

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Motion analysis video/3d at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $432.11 – $2,282.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $432.11 – $2,209.53
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $855.60 $424.66 – $2,238.28
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $855.60 $426.79 – $2,238.28
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $855.60 $423.47 – $1,930.60
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $855.60 $424.66 – $2,238.28
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $855.60 $439.59 – $3,802.18
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $855.60 $426.79 – $2,238.28

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