Noninv pace analysis at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$518.16
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.
$1,016.00
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.
$8.26 with first choice vs $1,441.04 with aetna — 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 | $8.26 | ↓ -98% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $95.48 | ↓ -82% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $152.20 | ↓ -71% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $228.68 | ↓ -56% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $277.68 | ↓ -46% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $297.98 | ↓ -42% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $297.98 | ↓ -42% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $297.98 | ↓ -42% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $297.98 | ↓ -42% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $297.98 | ↓ -42% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $298.37 | ↓ -42% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $305.55 | ↓ -41% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $305.55 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $336.49 | ↓ -35% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $524.09 | ↑ +1% |
| premera | commercial | $609.60 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $612.65 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $640.08 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $695.54 | ↑ +34% |
| cigna | commercial | $750.21 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | local plus | $750.21 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $812.80 | ↑ +57% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,441.04 | ↑ +178% |
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Noninv pace analysis at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $893.28 | $355.66 – $1,273.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $893.28 | $355.66 – $1,232.64 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,915.40 | $342.26 – $975.28 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $893.28 | $356.66 – $1,273.28 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $357.76 | $349.77 – $1,137.82 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $346.40 | $366.41 – $929.62 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $311.87 | $445.18 – $1,303.85 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $215.78 | $189.58 – $635.97 |