Sleep study attended at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$992.46
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.
$1,946.00
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.
$11.66 with first choice vs $2,979.34 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 | $11.66 | ↓ -99% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $404.58 | ↓ -59% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $442.21 | ↓ -55% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $477.12 | ↓ -52% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $480.90 | ↓ -52% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $480.90 | ↓ -52% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $480.90 | ↓ -52% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $480.90 | ↓ -52% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $480.90 | ↓ -52% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $490.02 | ↓ -51% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $490.02 | ↓ -51% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $595.31 | ↓ -40% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $606.87 | ↓ -39% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $722.34 | ↓ -27% |
| premera | commercial | $854.82 | ↓ -14% |
| regence | commercial | $958.65 | ↓ -3% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,173.44 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,225.98 | ↑ +24% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,324.10 | ↑ +33% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,436.93 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,436.93 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,919.31 | ↑ +93% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $2,979.34 | ↑ +200% |
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Sleep study attended at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,109.60 | $432.11 – $2,282.37 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,109.60 | $432.11 – $2,209.53 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,109.60 | $433.33 – $2,282.37 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,133.03 | $2,278.41 – $4,349.68 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,475.78 | $2,078.18 – $4,370.14 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,469.95 | $1,315.36 – $4,115.88 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $572.00 | $424.66 – $2,238.28 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $572.00 | $426.79 – $2,238.28 |