Administration vaccine pneumococcal at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$55.59
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.
$109.00
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.
$0.49 with first choice vs $335.11 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 | $0.49 | ↓ -99% |
| cigna | commercial | $26.94 | ↓ -52% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $33.92 | ↓ -39% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $35.18 | ↓ -37% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $36.59 | ↓ -34% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $36.80 | ↓ -34% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $36.80 | ↓ -34% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $38.02 | ↓ -32% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $38.02 | ↓ -32% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $38.02 | ↓ -32% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $38.02 | ↓ -32% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $38.02 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | commercial | $44.63 | ↓ -20% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $51.76 | ↓ -7% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $52.77 | ↓ -5% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $56.53 | ↑ +2% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $56.91 | ↑ +2% |
| premera | commercial | $65.40 | ↑ +18% |
| regence | commercial | $75.53 | ↑ +36% |
| cigna | local plus | $80.49 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $87.20 | ↑ +57% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $335.11 | ↑ +503% |
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Administration vaccine pneumococcal at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $56.64 | $54.22 – $179.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $56.64 | $54.22 – $173.40 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $56.64 | $54.38 – $179.12 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $19.68 | $53.33 – $171.50 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $96.80 | $26.08 – $188.55 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $84.40 | $55.86 – $147.83 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $58.56 | $83.59 – $199.69 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $40.52 | $57.06 – $136.45 |