Administration immunization each additional vaccine 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 $984.42 with aetna — 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%
premera commercial $14.06 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $14.13 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $14.77 ↑ +24%
united healthcare commercial $15.85 ↑ +33%
optum care network medicare advantage $16.39 ↑ +37%
united healthcare medicare advantage $16.39 ↑ +37%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $16.39 ↑ +37%
humana medicare advantage $16.39 ↑ +37%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $16.39 ↑ +37%
regence uniform medical plan $16.41 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $16.41 ↑ +37%
signal health medicare advantage $16.86 ↑ +41%
multiplan medicare advantage $16.86 ↑ +41%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $16.86 ↑ +41%
regence medicare advantage $17.10 ↑ +43%
cigna local plus $17.31 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $17.31 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $18.75 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage $139.57 ↑ +1068%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $200.00 ↑ +1574%
confluence health medicare advantage $511.20 ↑ +4178%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $984.42 ↑ +8138%

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Administration immunization each additional vaccine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $37.92 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $37.92 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $76.30 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $98.00 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $37.92 $32.78 – $32.78
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $104.00 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $64.40 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $15.36 $32.78 – $32.78

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