Ar gene full gene sequence 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

$449.82

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.

$882.00

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.

$210.95 with multiplan vs $705.60 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 $210.95 ↓ -53%
regence medicare advantage $256.15 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage $301.35 ↓ -33%
united healthcare medicare advantage $301.35 ↓ -33%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $301.35 ↓ -33%
optum care network medicare advantage $301.35 ↓ -33%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $301.35 ↓ -33%
regence commercial $301.35 ↓ -33%
regence uniform medical plan $301.35 ↓ -33%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $310.39 ↓ -31%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $316.42 ↓ -30%
united healthcare commercial $361.62 ↓ -20%
kaiser health plan commercial $482.16 ↑ +7%
premera commercial $527.36 ↑ +17%
aetna commercial $555.66 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $564.92 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $651.27 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $651.27 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $705.60 ↑ +57%

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Ar gene full gene sequence at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $271.22 – $915.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $271.22 – $904.05
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $186.00 – $186.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $310.00 $82.42 – $590.65
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $310.00 $84.33 – $590.65
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $248.00 $88.70 – $546.35
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $310.00 $82.42 – $590.65
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $310.00 $83.94 – $346.55

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →