Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified 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

$44.88

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.

$88.00

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.

$9.02 with multiplan vs $70.40 with coventry - first 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
multiplan medicare advantage $9.02 ↓ -80%
regence medicare advantage $10.95 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $12.88 ↓ -71%
united healthcare medicare advantage $12.88 ↓ -71%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $12.88 ↓ -71%
optum care network medicare advantage $12.88 ↓ -71%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $12.88 ↓ -71%
regence commercial $12.88 ↓ -71%
regence uniform medical plan $12.88 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $13.27 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $13.52 ↓ -70%
united healthcare commercial $15.46 ↓ -66%
kaiser health plan commercial $20.61 ↓ -54%
premera commercial $22.54 ↓ -50%
cigna commercial $40.26 ↓ -10%
cigna local plus $45.69 ↑ +2%
aetna commercial $55.44 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $56.36 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $70.40 ↑ +57%

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Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $67.68 $11.59 – $60.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $67.68 $11.59 – $58.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $64.80 $10.00 – $10.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $63.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $34.30 $12.88 – $46.37
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $67.68 $11.59 – $60.54
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $125.30 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $67.68 $12.88 – $57.96

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