1st inpatient critical care pr day age 28 days/less than 99468 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

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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.

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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.

$26.22 with first choice vs $9,117.06 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.

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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
first choice commercial $26.22
confluence health medicare advantage $673.78
aetna medicare advantage ppo $746.92
aetna medicare advantage hmo $748.93
aetna medicare advantage $906.52
united healthcare commercial $915.07
humana medicare advantage $919.98
kaiser foundation hp medicare $919.98
optum care network medicare advantage $919.98
united healthcare medicare advantage $919.98
humana choicecare medicare advantage $919.98
signal health medicare advantage $951.22
multiplan medicare advantage $951.22
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $951.22
regence medicare advantage $987.30
regence uniform medical plan $1,651.68
premera commercial $1,954.60
regence commercial $2,192.03
cigna commercial $2,256.28
coventry - first health commercial $2,378.68
kaiser health plan commercial $4,390.78
cigna local plus $9,117.06

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1st inpatient critical care pr day age 28 days/less than 99468 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,226.16 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,192.85 – $3,192.85
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $1,507.17 – $1,507.17
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley not published $2,500.00 – $2,500.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $2,500.00 – $2,500.00
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup not published $2,500.00 – $2,500.00
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia not published $2,500.00 – $2,500.00
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington not published $2,500.00 – $2,500.00

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