Myocrd img pet rst/strs w/ct 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

$2,217.48

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,348.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.81 with aetna vs $3,478.40 with coventry - first health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $0.81 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $15.93 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $190.06 ↓ -91%
united healthcare commercial $603.72 ↓ -73%
united healthcare medicare advantage $610.11 ↓ -72%
optum care network medicare advantage $610.11 ↓ -72%
humana medicare advantage $610.11 ↓ -72%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $610.11 ↓ -72%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $610.11 ↓ -72%
signal health medicare advantage $627.01 ↓ -72%
multiplan medicare advantage $627.01 ↓ -72%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $627.01 ↓ -72%
regence medicare advantage $651.38 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $951.90 ↓ -57%
regence uniform medical plan $987.51 ↓ -55%
premera commercial $1,168.62 ↓ -47%
regence commercial $1,310.57 ↓ -41%
cigna commercial $1,993.45 ↓ -10%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,621.84 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $2,739.24 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $3,210.56 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $3,478.40 ↑ +57%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Myocrd img pet rst/strs w/ct at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,700.64 $1,655.87 – $6,782.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,700.64 $1,655.87 – $6,566.06
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $1,459.00 – $1,459.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $15,493.10 $1,593.45 – $5,195.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,700.64 $271.67 – $6,782.52
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $5,343.80 $1,593.45 – $7,301.91
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $550.16 $1,628.43 – $6,060.98
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $4,617.88 $5,823.36 – $9,416.80

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →