Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest 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

$362.61

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.

$711.00

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.

$3.57 with first choice vs $447.93 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.

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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 $3.57 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $46.99 ↓ -87%
multiplan medicare advantage $81.09 ↓ -78%
regence medicare advantage $98.46 ↓ -73%
humana medicare advantage $115.84 ↓ -68%
united healthcare medicare advantage $115.84 ↓ -68%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $115.84 ↓ -68%
optum care network medicare advantage $115.84 ↓ -68%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $115.84 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $119.31 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $121.63 ↓ -66%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $126.94 ↓ -65%
united healthcare commercial $130.38 ↓ -64%
signal health medicare advantage $133.48 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage $192.59 ↓ -47%
regence uniform medical plan $220.14 ↓ -39%
premera commercial $260.52 ↓ -28%
regence commercial $292.16 ↓ -19%
kaiser health plan commercial $316.58 ↓ -13%
coventry - first health commercial $341.06 ↓ -6%
cigna commercial $345.25 ↓ -5%
cigna local plus $392.34 ↑ +8%
aetna commercial $447.93 ↑ +24%

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Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas 1 gest at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $617.28 $121.06 – $526.78
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $617.28 $121.06 – $509.96
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $107.00 – $107.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $648.90 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $910.70 $116.50 – $403.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $617.28 $121.40 – $526.78
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $980.70 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $789.60 $97.42 – $215.52

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