Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour 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

$148.41

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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.

$291.00

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.

$0.90 with first choice vs $1,664.64 with confluence health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $0.90 ↓ -99%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $29.97 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage $29.97 ↓ -80%
united healthcare medicare advantage $29.97 ↓ -80%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $29.97 ↓ -80%
optum care network medicare advantage $29.97 ↓ -80%
united healthcare commercial $31.51 ↓ -79%
signal health medicare advantage $32.34 ↓ -78%
multiplan medicare advantage $32.34 ↓ -78%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $32.34 ↓ -78%
regence medicare advantage $34.00 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage $39.91 ↓ -73%
regence uniform medical plan $52.53 ↓ -65%
premera commercial $62.17 ↓ -58%
regence commercial $69.72 ↓ -53%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $79.86 ↓ -46%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $81.41 ↓ -45%
coventry - first health commercial $84.94 ↓ -43%
cigna commercial $104.04 ↓ -30%
kaiser health plan commercial $107.57 ↓ -28%
aetna commercial $183.33 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $214.87 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,664.64 ↑ +1022%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $289.92 $83.38 – $284.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $289.92 $83.38 – $275.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $204.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $393.40 $80.23 – $217.69
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $289.92 $83.61 – $284.21
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $222.56 $83.38 – $376.73
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $157.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $233.80 $62.42 – $148.43

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