Ultrasound nrv&acc strux 1xtr compre at Virginia Mason Medical Center

1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$165.75

Cash price

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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.

$325.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1.62 with confluence health vs $260.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
confluence health medicare advantage $1.62 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $60.82 ↓ -63%
united healthcare commercial $76.48 ↓ -54%
optum care network medicare advantage $77.99 ↓ -53%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $77.99 ↓ -53%
united healthcare medicare advantage $77.99 ↓ -53%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $77.99 ↓ -53%
humana medicare advantage $77.99 ↓ -53%
signal health medicare advantage $78.92 ↓ -52%
multiplan medicare advantage $78.92 ↓ -52%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $78.92 ↓ -52%
regence medicare advantage $82.52 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $119.31 ↓ -28%
aetna commercial $127.32 ↓ -23%
regence uniform medical plan $134.46 ↓ -19%
premera commercial $159.12 ↓ -4%
regence commercial $178.45 ↑ +8%
kaiser health plan commercial $195.98 ↑ +18%
first choice commercial $208.16 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $239.98 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $239.98 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $260.00 ↑ +57%

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Ultrasound nrv&acc strux 1xtr compre at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $121.06 – $367.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $121.06 – $283.29
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $107.00 – $107.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $153.92 $62.86 – $399.35
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $116.50 – $296.49
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $62.09 – $269.51
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $121.06 – $513.45
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $46.75 – $302.40

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