Abltj mal prst8 tiss hifu 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

$2,960.04

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.

$5,804.00

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.

$26.78 with confluence health vs $4,643.20 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 $26.78 ↓ -99%
first choice commercial $28.57 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $140.27 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $338.03 ↓ -89%
united healthcare commercial $1,003.00 ↓ -66%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,033.68 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage $1,033.68 ↓ -65%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,033.68 ↓ -65%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,033.68 ↓ -65%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,033.68 ↓ -65%
signal health medicare advantage $1,055.39 ↓ -64%
multiplan medicare advantage $1,055.39 ↓ -64%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,055.39 ↓ -64%
regence medicare advantage $1,082.18 ↓ -63%
regence uniform medical plan $1,803.65 ↓ -39%
premera commercial $2,134.45 ↓ -28%
regence commercial $2,393.72 ↓ -19%
cigna commercial $3,311.83 ↑ +12%
kaiser health plan commercial $3,499.81 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $3,656.52 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $4,285.67 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $4,643.20 ↑ +57%

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Abltj mal prst8 tiss hifu at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $33,302.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $25,651.23
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $10,548.90 – $26,846.95
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $24,404.06
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $9,574.57 – $20,279.82
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $27,382.30
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $8,162.99 – $19,515.46

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