Radiation treatment aid(s) at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$489.09
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.
$959.00
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.
$3.89 with first choice vs $604.17 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 | $3.89 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $23.55 | ↓ -95% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $59.26 | ↓ -88% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $101.24 | ↓ -79% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $122.07 | ↓ -75% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $122.93 | ↓ -75% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $144.63 | ↓ -70% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $144.63 | ↓ -70% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $144.63 | ↓ -70% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $144.63 | ↓ -70% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $144.63 | ↓ -70% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $156.14 | ↓ -68% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $157.42 | ↓ -68% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $162.00 | ↓ -67% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $172.24 | ↓ -65% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $257.66 | ↓ -47% |
| premera | commercial | $304.92 | ↓ -38% |
| regence | commercial | $341.96 | ↓ -30% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $352.47 | ↓ -28% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $427.87 | ↓ -13% |
| cigna | commercial | $431.06 | ↓ -12% |
| cigna | local plus | $489.85 | ↑ +0% |
| aetna | commercial | $604.17 | ↑ +24% |
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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $558.72 | $155.64 – $594.97 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $558.72 | $155.64 – $575.98 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,200.00 | $133.00 – $133.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $475.30 | $149.78 – $455.72 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $558.72 | $156.08 – $594.97 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $787.50 | $120.23 – $277.09 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $832.30 | $149.78 – $494.97 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $529.90 | $149.78 – $464.71 |