Ak flex inner socket ext fra 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.

$1,008.97 with multiplan vs $5,113.13 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 $1,008.97
regence medicare advantage $1,225.18
regence uniform medical plan $1,407.61
regence commercial $1,407.61
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,441.39
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,441.39
humana medicare advantage $1,441.39
optum care network medicare advantage $1,441.39
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,441.39
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,484.63
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,513.46
united healthcare commercial $1,729.67
premera commercial $3,744.24
kaiser health plan commercial $4,063.69
cigna commercial $4,505.35
cigna local plus $5,113.13

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Ak flex inner socket ext fra at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,470.22 – $4,466.53
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,470.22 – $3,595.47
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,470.22 – $1,617.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,470.22 – $3,741.71
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,470.22 – $3,263.89
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,470.22 – $2,780.50
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $1,470.22 – $4,793.96
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $1,470.22 – $2,719.91

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