Vein x-ray liver without hemodyn at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,831.41
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.
$3,591.00
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.
$4.06 with aetna vs $2,651.59 with cigna — 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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| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $4.06 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $4.22 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $7.24 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $111.27 | ↓ -94% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $152.68 | ↓ -92% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $153.71 | ↓ -92% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $153.71 | ↓ -92% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $153.71 | ↓ -92% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $153.71 | ↓ -92% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $153.71 | ↓ -92% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $157.37 | ↓ -91% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $157.37 | ↓ -91% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $157.37 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $164.73 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $259.54 | ↓ -86% |
| premera | commercial | $307.14 | ↓ -83% |
| regence | commercial | $344.45 | ↓ -81% |
| cigna | commercial | $504.13 | ↓ -72% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $585.35 | ↓ -68% |
| aetna | commercial | $638.62 | ↓ -65% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $671.87 | ↓ -63% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $673.98 | ↓ -63% |
| cigna | local plus | $2,651.59 | ↑ +45% |
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Vein x-ray liver without hemodyn at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,932.32 | $3,656.33 – $11,107.93 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,932.32 | $3,656.33 – $8,555.81 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $10,880.00 | $3,148.00 – $3,148.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,660.00 | $848.29 – $8,954.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,932.32 | $301.98 – $8,139.83 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,482.90 | $235.79 – $6,509.26 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $6,171.90 | $393.54 – $10,916.90 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $1,778.92 | $335.24 – $11,578.53 |