All tstg perq&iq w/venoms 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

$58.65

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.

$115.00

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.

$0.25 with first choice vs $1,249.73 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.

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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
first choice commercial $0.25 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $3.79 ↓ -94%
humana medicare advantage $3.82 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $3.82 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $3.82 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $3.82 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $3.82 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $3.93 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $3.93 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $3.93 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $4.09 ↓ -93%
regence uniform medical plan $6.88 ↓ -88%
premera commercial $8.14 ↓ -86%
cigna commercial $12.51 ↓ -79%
kaiser health plan commercial $18.24 ↓ -69%
regence commercial $21.58 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $27.48 ↓ -53%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $28.02 ↓ -52%
aetna commercial $72.45 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $84.92 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $92.00 ↑ +57%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,249.73 ↑ +2031%

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All tstg perq&iq w/venoms at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $88.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $33.49 – $108.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $33.49 – $104.60
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $32.23 – $35.45
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $32.23 – $82.76
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $33.59 – $108.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $33.49 – $143.23
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $32.94 – $103.46

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