Antibody tetanus 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

$63.75

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.

$125.00

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.

$10.36 with multiplan vs $100.00 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 $10.36 ↓ -84%
regence medicare advantage $12.58 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage $14.80 ↓ -77%
united healthcare medicare advantage $14.80 ↓ -77%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $14.80 ↓ -77%
optum care network medicare advantage $14.80 ↓ -77%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $14.80 ↓ -77%
regence commercial $14.80 ↓ -77%
regence uniform medical plan $14.80 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $15.24 ↓ -76%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $15.54 ↓ -76%
united healthcare commercial $17.76 ↓ -72%
kaiser health plan commercial $23.68 ↓ -63%
premera commercial $25.90 ↓ -59%
cigna commercial $46.26 ↓ -27%
cigna local plus $52.50 ↓ -18%
aetna commercial $66.75 ↑ +5%
first choice commercial $80.06 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $100.00 ↑ +57%

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Antibody tetanus at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $230.40 $11.00 – $11.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $13.32 – $69.56
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $13.32 – $67.34
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $37.80 $14.80 – $27.38
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $66.00 $7.07 – $26.83
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $24.00 $7.24 – $29.01
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $24.00 $7.40 – $29.01
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $43.20 $7.79 – $26.83

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →