Synthetic sentence id test at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$65.28
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.
$128.00
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.
$1.10 with first choice vs $690.26 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 | $1.10 | ↓ -98% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $7.65 | ↓ -88% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $29.93 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $32.71 | ↓ -50% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $36.34 | ↓ -44% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $42.76 | ↓ -34% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $42.76 | ↓ -34% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $42.76 | ↓ -34% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $42.76 | ↓ -34% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $42.76 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $44.89 | ↓ -31% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $46.33 | ↓ -29% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $51.86 | ↓ -21% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $53.55 | ↓ -18% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $61.48 | ↓ -6% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $74.42 | ↑ +14% |
| premera | commercial | $76.80 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $77.18 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $80.64 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | commercial | $89.60 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | commercial | $94.52 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | local plus | $94.52 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $690.26 | ↑ +957% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Synthetic sentence id test at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $43.25 – $157.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $43.25 – $152.11 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $41.62 – $45.78 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $41.62 – $120.35 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | not published | $43.37 – $157.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $43.25 – $208.27 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | not published | $42.54 – $150.44 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | not published | $35.54 – $77.00 |