Motor &/ sens nrve cndj test 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

$158.10

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.

$310.00

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.

$1.39 with first choice vs $1,511.90 with confluence 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.

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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 $1.39 ↓ -99%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $38.15 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $38.15 ↓ -76%
united healthcare medicare advantage $38.15 ↓ -76%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $38.15 ↓ -76%
optum care network medicare advantage $38.15 ↓ -76%
united healthcare commercial $39.69 ↓ -75%
signal health medicare advantage $40.48 ↓ -74%
multiplan medicare advantage $40.48 ↓ -74%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $40.48 ↓ -74%
regence medicare advantage $42.82 ↓ -73%
regence uniform medical plan $64.42 ↓ -59%
premera commercial $76.23 ↓ -52%
regence commercial $85.49 ↓ -46%
cigna commercial $131.05 ↓ -17%
kaiser health plan commercial $186.93 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $195.30 ↑ +24%
coventry - first health commercial $216.43 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $228.90 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $447.71 ↑ +183%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $456.40 ↑ +189%
aetna medicare advantage $1,115.48 ↑ +606%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,511.90 ↑ +856%

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Motor &/ sens nrve cndj test at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $512.44 – $1,571.56
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $496.09 – $1,210.49
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $8.92 – $547.59
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $392.51 – $1,266.91
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $512.44 – $1,151.63
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $517.30 – $957.01
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $490.64 – $1,292.18
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $353.06 – $920.94

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