Rmvl sq defib electrode at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$4,312.05
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.
$8,455.00
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.
$10.20 with first choice vs $6,764.00 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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| first choice | commercial | $10.20 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $31.20 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $86.96 | ↓ -98% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $91.54 | ↓ -98% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $355.78 | ↓ -92% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $362.29 | ↓ -92% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $362.29 | ↓ -92% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $362.29 | ↓ -92% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $362.29 | ↓ -92% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $362.29 | ↓ -92% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $369.58 | ↓ -91% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $369.58 | ↓ -91% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $369.58 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $383.86 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $641.66 | ↓ -85% |
| premera | commercial | $759.34 | ↓ -82% |
| regence | commercial | $851.58 | ↓ -80% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,174.75 | ↓ -73% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,614.40 | ↓ -63% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $3,324.00 | ↓ -23% |
| aetna | commercial | $5,326.65 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $6,243.17 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $6,764.00 | ↑ +57% |
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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $8,626.56 | $4,327.36 – $14,024.85 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $8,626.56 | $4,327.36 – $13,577.25 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $7,067.90 | $4,164.26 – $10,598.04 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $8,626.56 | $4,339.50 – $14,024.85 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $5,310.90 | $590.35 – $11,070.68 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,275.35 | $3,247.93 – $15,792.93 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,574.25 | $2,216.84 – $4,639.90 |