Muscle test one fiber at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$330.48
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.
$648.00
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.
$6.01 with first choice vs $1,304.05 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.
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 | $6.01 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $104.23 | ↓ -68% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $119.30 | ↓ -64% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $132.29 | ↓ -60% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $144.86 | ↓ -56% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $170.42 | ↓ -48% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $170.42 | ↓ -48% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $170.42 | ↓ -48% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $170.42 | ↓ -48% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $170.42 | ↓ -48% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $175.54 | ↓ -47% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $197.75 | ↓ -40% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $209.84 | ↓ -37% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $211.64 | ↓ -36% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $367.74 | ↑ +11% |
| premera | commercial | $388.80 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $390.74 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $408.24 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $453.60 | ↑ +37% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $461.43 | ↑ +40% |
| cigna | commercial | $478.48 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | local plus | $478.48 | ↑ +45% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $1,304.05 | ↑ +295% |
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Muscle test one fiber at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $340.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $250.04 – $759.61 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $250.04 – $629.49 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $256.40 | $92.53 – $678.18 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $138.95 – $264.67 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $240.61 – $612.36 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $250.74 – $650.25 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $250.04 – $861.92 |