Polysom any age 1-3> param at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,573.35
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.
$3,085.00
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.
$19.34 with first choice vs $2,277.96 with cigna — 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 | $19.34 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $568.44 | ↓ -64% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $568.44 | ↓ -64% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $568.44 | ↓ -64% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $568.44 | ↓ -64% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $568.44 | ↓ -64% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $611.61 | ↓ -61% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $611.61 | ↓ -61% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $611.61 | ↓ -61% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $628.95 | ↓ -60% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $678.60 | ↓ -57% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $821.41 | ↓ -48% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,018.37 | ↓ -35% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,026.28 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $1,032.10 | ↓ -34% |
| premera | commercial | $1,214.50 | ↓ -23% |
| regence | commercial | $1,362.03 | ↓ -13% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,846.15 | ↑ +17% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,860.26 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,943.55 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $2,076.73 | ↑ +32% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $2,230.19 | ↑ +42% |
| cigna | local plus | $2,277.96 | ↑ +45% |
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Polysom any age 1-3> param at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $4,476.48 | $994.41 – $4,272.07 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $4,476.48 | $994.41 – $4,135.72 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $4,476.48 | $997.20 – $4,272.07 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,598.80 | $926.45 – $1,770.32 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $2,611.20 | $1,024.46 – $3,254.10 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $2,611.20 | $528.70 – $4,326.18 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $2,611.20 | $540.93 – $4,326.18 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $2,611.20 | $568.97 – $4,442.88 |