Anterior asis pad 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.

$59.85 with multiplan vs $303.30 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 $59.85
regence medicare advantage $72.68
regence uniform medical plan $83.50
regence commercial $83.50
kaiser foundation hp medicare $85.50
united healthcare medicare advantage $85.50
humana medicare advantage $85.50
optum care network medicare advantage $85.50
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $85.50
aetna medicare advantage ppo $88.07
aetna medicare advantage hmo $89.78
united healthcare commercial $102.60
premera commercial $222.11
kaiser health plan commercial $241.05
cigna commercial $267.25
cigna local plus $303.30

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Anterior asis pad at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $87.21 – $264.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $87.21 – $213.30
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $87.21 – $95.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $87.21 – $221.95
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $87.21 – $193.61
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $87.21 – $164.95
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $87.21 – $284.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $87.21 – $161.34

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