Apc gene dup/delet variants 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

$624.24

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.

$1,224.00

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.

$140.00 with multiplan vs $979.20 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 $140.00 ↓ -78%
regence medicare advantage $170.00 ↓ -73%
humana medicare advantage $200.00 ↓ -68%
united healthcare medicare advantage $200.00 ↓ -68%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $200.00 ↓ -68%
optum care network medicare advantage $200.00 ↓ -68%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $200.00 ↓ -68%
regence commercial $200.00 ↓ -68%
regence uniform medical plan $200.00 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $206.00 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $210.00 ↓ -66%
united healthcare commercial $240.00 ↓ -62%
kaiser health plan commercial $320.00 ↓ -49%
premera commercial $350.00 ↓ -44%
cigna commercial $625.14 ↑ +0%
cigna local plus $709.47 ↑ +14%
aetna commercial $771.12 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $783.97 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $979.20 ↑ +57%

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Apc gene dup/delet variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $622.40 $123.00 – $123.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $180.00 – $607.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $180.00 – $600.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $279.30 $200.00 – $370.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $200.00 – $220.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $200.00 – $509.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $180.00 – $444.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $200.00 – $585.00

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