App mltpln uni xtrnl fix 1st 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

$23,110.14

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.

$45,314.00

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.

$12,900.00 with aetna vs $67,730.65 with united healthcare — 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
aetna commercial $12,900.00 ↓ -44%
multiplan medicare advantage $14,022.34 ↓ -39%
regence medicare advantage $17,027.12 ↓ -26%
optum care network medicare advantage $20,031.91 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage $20,031.91 ↓ -13%
united healthcare medicare advantage $20,031.91 ↓ -13%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $20,031.91 ↓ -13%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $20,031.91 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $20,632.87 ↓ -11%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $21,033.50 ↓ -9%
premera commercial $27,188.40 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $27,324.34 ↑ +18%
first choice commercial $29,023.62 ↑ +26%
regence uniform medical plan $31,719.80 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $31,719.80 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $33,459.86 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $33,459.86 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $36,251.20 ↑ +57%
united healthcare commercial $67,730.65 ↑ +193%

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App mltpln uni xtrnl fix 1st at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $95,456.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $74,787.12
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $30,236.65 – $33,260.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $18,229.00 – $76,952.26
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $77,657.41
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $23,717.40 – $93,284.57
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,443.00 – $78,486.77

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