Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$2,484.21
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.
$4,871.00
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.
$14.21 with confluence health vs $3,896.80 with coventry - first 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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| confluence health | medicare advantage | $14.21 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $27.92 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $40.20 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $269.53 | ↓ -89% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $269.53 | ↓ -89% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,062.93 | ↓ -57% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,078.00 | ↓ -57% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,078.00 | ↓ -57% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,078.00 | ↓ -57% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,078.00 | ↓ -57% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,078.00 | ↓ -57% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,096.32 | ↓ -56% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,096.32 | ↓ -56% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,096.32 | ↓ -56% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,146.84 | ↓ -54% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,751.12 | ↓ -30% |
| premera | commercial | $2,072.28 | ↓ -17% |
| regence | commercial | $2,324.00 | ↓ -6% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $2,789.92 | ↑ +12% |
| aetna | commercial | $3,068.73 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $3,509.72 | ↑ +41% |
| cigna | local plus | $3,596.75 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,896.80 | ↑ +57% |
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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,427.36 | $1,655.87 – $6,782.52 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,427.36 | $1,655.87 – $6,566.06 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $6,400.00 | $1,459.00 – $1,459.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $13,110.30 | $1,593.45 – $5,195.12 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,427.36 | $413.95 – $6,782.52 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $4,472.52 | $1,655.87 – $8,990.45 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $4,894.40 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $5,890.50 | $1,386.26 – $2,947.89 |