Aldesleukin injection 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.

$3,710.88 with multiplan vs $18,805.47 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 $3,710.88
regence uniform medical plan $3,943.00
regence commercial $3,943.00
premera commercial $3,943.00
regence medicare advantage $4,506.07
kaiser foundation hp medicare $5,301.26
united healthcare medicare advantage $5,301.26
united healthcare commercial $5,301.26
humana medicare advantage $5,301.26
optum care network medicare advantage $5,301.26
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $5,301.26
aetna medicare advantage ppo $5,460.30
aetna medicare advantage hmo $5,566.32
kaiser health plan commercial $10,746.91
cigna commercial $16,570.15
cigna local plus $18,805.47

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Aldesleukin injection at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $17,127.92 $3,338.87 – $13,702.34
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $17,127.92 $3,338.87 – $9,929.23
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $5,301.26 – $5,301.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $11,998.82 $3,075.54 – $11,418.62
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $17,127.92 $3,338.87 – $13,702.34
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $17,127.92 $3,338.87 – $10,673.92
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $11,998.82 $3,338.87 – $11,325.00
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $11,719.10 $2,838.04 – $15,390.31

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