Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$169.83
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.
$333.00
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.
$2.06 with first choice vs $1,775.15 with confluence 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.
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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| first choice | commercial | $2.06 | ↓ -99% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $54.27 | ↓ -68% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $65.90 | ↓ -61% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $70.26 | ↓ -59% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $70.26 | ↓ -59% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $70.26 | ↓ -59% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $70.26 | ↓ -59% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $70.26 | ↓ -59% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $73.31 | ↓ -57% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $75.84 | ↓ -55% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $75.84 | ↓ -55% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $79.86 | ↓ -53% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $81.41 | ↓ -52% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $120.08 | ↓ -29% |
| premera | commercial | $142.10 | ↓ -16% |
| regence | commercial | $159.36 | ↓ -6% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $195.77 | ↑ +15% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $199.85 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $209.79 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | commercial | $231.08 | ↑ +36% |
| cigna | local plus | $245.89 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $422.35 | ↑ +149% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $1,775.15 | ↑ +945% |
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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr 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 Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $245.00 | $80.23 – $217.69 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $289.92 | $83.61 – $284.21 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $222.56 | $83.38 – $376.73 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $333.90 | $62.42 – $148.43 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $396.20 | $80.23 – $236.44 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $170.80 | $80.23 – $210.61 |