Afo rig ant tib tcf/= custom 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

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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.

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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.

$734.58 with multiplan vs $3,722.60 with cigna — 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
multiplan medicare advantage $734.58
regence medicare advantage $891.99
regence uniform medical plan $1,024.80
regence commercial $1,024.80
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,049.40
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,049.40
humana medicare advantage $1,049.40
optum care network medicare advantage $1,049.40
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,049.40
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,080.88
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,101.87
united healthcare commercial $1,259.28
premera commercial $2,725.97
kaiser health plan commercial $2,958.53
cigna commercial $3,280.11
cigna local plus $3,722.60

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Afo rig ant tib tcf/= custom at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,421.28 $1,070.39 – $3,251.84
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,421.28 $1,070.39 – $2,617.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,421.28 $1,070.39 – $2,376.27
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,988.00 $1,024.80 – $4,444.79
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $830.80 $922.32 – $1,793.76
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,988.00 $896.70 – $4,624.58
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,988.00 $896.70 – $4,624.58
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $1,988.00 $922.32 – $1,940.62

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