Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb 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

$149.94

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.

$294.00

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.

$2.68 with first choice vs $1,866.88 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 $2.68 ↓ -98%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $92.24 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage $92.24 ↓ -38%
optum care network medicare advantage $92.24 ↓ -38%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $92.24 ↓ -38%
united healthcare medicare advantage $92.24 ↓ -38%
united healthcare commercial $94.82 ↓ -37%
multiplan medicare advantage $98.29 ↓ -34%
signal health medicare advantage $98.57 ↓ -34%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $98.57 ↓ -34%
regence medicare advantage $102.31 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage $109.11 ↓ -27%
coventry - first health commercial $134.90 ↓ -10%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $144.62 ↓ -4%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $147.43 ↓ -2%
regence uniform medical plan $155.72 ↑ +4%
premera commercial $176.40 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $177.28 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $185.22 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $205.80 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $217.09 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $217.09 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,866.88 ↑ +1145%

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Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $342.24 $154.07 – $468.06
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $342.24 $154.07 – $360.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $266.40 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $342.24 $154.50 – $342.99
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $137.28 $151.52 – $351.52
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $65.43 – $163.09
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $148.26 – $377.33
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $154.07 – $342.71

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