Aphakia prosth service temp 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

$151.47

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.

$297.00

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.

$0.32 with first choice vs $219.13 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
first choice commercial $0.32 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $12.76 ↓ -92%
humana medicare advantage $13.69 ↓ -91%
united healthcare medicare advantage $13.69 ↓ -91%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $13.69 ↓ -91%
optum care network medicare advantage $13.69 ↓ -91%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $13.69 ↓ -91%
regence medicare advantage $13.76 ↓ -91%
signal health medicare advantage $14.09 ↓ -91%
multiplan medicare advantage $14.09 ↓ -91%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $14.09 ↓ -91%
regence uniform medical plan $20.64 ↓ -86%
premera commercial $24.42 ↓ -84%
regence commercial $27.39 ↓ -82%
kaiser health plan commercial $34.10 ↓ -77%
coventry - first health commercial $41.90 ↓ -72%
cigna commercial $42.12 ↓ -72%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $66.64 ↓ -56%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $67.93 ↓ -55%
confluence health medicare advantage $92.76 ↓ -39%
aetna commercial $187.11 ↑ +24%
aetna medicare advantage $217.96 ↑ +44%
cigna local plus $219.13 ↑ +45%

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Aphakia prosth service temp at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $68.31 – $258.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $68.31 – $250.30
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $65.74 – $72.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $65.74 – $198.04
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $68.50 – $258.55
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $68.31 – $342.71
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $67.18 – $247.55
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $54.20 – $121.61

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