Anal pressure record 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

$652.29

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.

$1,279.00

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.

$0.41 with confluence health vs $944.41 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
confluence health medicare advantage $0.41 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $7.99 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $38.95 ↓ -94%
multiplan medicare advantage $237.44 ↓ -64%
regence medicare advantage $288.32 ↓ -56%
united healthcare commercial $309.79 ↓ -53%
humana medicare advantage $310.97 ↓ -52%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $310.97 ↓ -52%
united healthcare medicare advantage $310.97 ↓ -52%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $310.97 ↓ -52%
optum care network medicare advantage $310.97 ↓ -52%
signal health medicare advantage $324.36 ↓ -50%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $324.36 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $349.37 ↓ -46%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $356.16 ↓ -45%
regence uniform medical plan $514.08 ↓ -21%
premera commercial $608.36 ↓ -7%
coventry - first health commercial $612.91 ↓ -6%
regence commercial $682.26 ↑ +5%
kaiser health plan commercial $771.24 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $805.77 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $944.41 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $944.41 ↑ +45%

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Anal pressure record at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $790.08 $836.02 – $1,104.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $790.08 $836.02 – $1,068.80
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $623.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,195.60 $630.49 – $728.19
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $790.08 $694.08 – $1,104.03
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $295.66 – $295.66
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,092.85 – $1,849.38
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $785.22 – $1,057.05

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