Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$7.14
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.
$14.00
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.
$0.09 with first choice vs $1,257.90 with confluence 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 | $0.09 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $3.39 | ↓ -53% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $3.65 | ↓ -49% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $3.83 | ↓ -46% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $3.83 | ↓ -46% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $3.83 | ↓ -46% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $3.83 | ↓ -46% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $3.83 | ↓ -46% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $3.94 | ↓ -45% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $3.94 | ↓ -45% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $3.94 | ↓ -45% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $5.63 | ↓ -21% |
| premera | commercial | $6.66 | ↓ -7% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $6.86 | ↓ -4% |
| regence | commercial | $7.47 | ↑ +5% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $8.44 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $8.82 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $10.34 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | local plus | $10.34 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $324.26 | ↑ +4441% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $470.98 | ↑ +6496% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $555.18 | ↑ +7676% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $1,257.90 | ↑ +17518% |
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Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $4.68 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $5.17 – $5.17 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | not published | $5.99 – $5.99 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | not published | $4.33 – $4.50 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | not published | $3.64 – $4.16 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | not published | not published |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | not published | $3.87 – $5.00 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | not published | $3.64 – $4.16 |