Somatosensory testing at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$289.68
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.
$568.00
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.
$4.18 with first choice vs $1,486.48 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 | $4.18 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $38.47 | ↓ -87% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $150.99 | ↓ -48% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $189.95 | ↓ -34% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $204.95 | ↓ -29% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $204.95 | ↓ -29% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $204.95 | ↓ -29% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $204.95 | ↓ -29% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $204.95 | ↓ -29% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $204.95 | ↓ -29% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $218.23 | ↓ -25% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $218.23 | ↓ -25% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $218.23 | ↓ -25% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $310.20 | ↑ +7% |
| premera | commercial | $340.80 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $342.50 | ↑ +18% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $347.43 | ↑ +20% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $349.37 | ↑ +21% |
| aetna | commercial | $357.84 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $397.60 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | commercial | $419.41 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | local plus | $419.41 | ↑ +45% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $1,486.48 | ↑ +413% |
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Somatosensory testing at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $467.52 | $250.04 – $836.02 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $467.52 | $250.04 – $629.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $467.52 | $250.74 – $650.25 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $644.80 | $211.08 – $810.80 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,798.82 | $1,319.92 – $3,668.15 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,244.55 | $1,018.11 – $3,668.15 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,239.63 | $762.02 – $3,056.79 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,349.87 | $762.02 – $3,056.79 |