Administration immunization each additional component 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

$11.95

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.

$23.44

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.

$0.37 with first choice vs $2,215.40 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.

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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 $0.37 ↓ -97%
united healthcare medicare advantage $9.11 ↓ -24%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $9.11 ↓ -24%
humana medicare advantage $9.11 ↓ -24%
optum care network medicare advantage $9.11 ↓ -24%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $9.11 ↓ -24%
signal health medicare advantage $9.38 ↓ -22%
multiplan medicare advantage $9.38 ↓ -22%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $9.38 ↓ -22%
united healthcare commercial $10.61 ↓ -11%
regence medicare advantage $11.45 ↓ -4%
cigna commercial $12.60 ↑ +5%
premera commercial $14.06 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $14.13 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $14.77 ↑ +24%
regence uniform medical plan $16.41 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $16.41 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $17.31 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $18.75 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $167.35 ↑ +1300%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,091.38 ↑ +9033%
confluence health medicare advantage $2,215.40 ↑ +18439%

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Administration immunization each additional component at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $41.54 – $41.54
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $18.22 – $18.22
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $18.22 – $18.22
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $21.22 – $21.22
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley not published $26.08 – $27.61
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $26.68 – $28.81
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup not published $27.29 – $29.48
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia not published $28.71 – $42.53

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