Afo tibial fracture soft 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.

$381.49 with multiplan vs $1,933.24 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 $381.49
regence medicare advantage $463.23
regence uniform medical plan $532.21
regence commercial $532.21
kaiser foundation hp medicare $544.98
united healthcare medicare advantage $544.98
humana medicare advantage $544.98
optum care network medicare advantage $544.98
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $544.98
aetna medicare advantage ppo $561.33
aetna medicare advantage hmo $572.23
united healthcare commercial $653.98
premera commercial $1,415.68
kaiser health plan commercial $1,536.45
cigna commercial $1,703.44
cigna local plus $1,933.24

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Afo tibial fracture soft at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $737.28 $555.88 – $1,688.76
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $737.28 $555.88 – $1,359.39
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $737.28 $555.88 – $1,234.05
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $132.59 $555.88 – $1,028.38
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $283.20 $532.21 – $2,308.30
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $283.20 $478.99 – $931.54
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $283.20 $465.68 – $2,401.67
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $283.20 $465.68 – $2,401.67

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →