Artery xray of abdomen 75726-26 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

$7,757.61

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$15,211.00

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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.

$2.03 with aetna vs $11,231.80 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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 medicare advantage ppo $2.03 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $5.20 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $9.56 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $186.74 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage $188.18 ↓ -98%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $188.18 ↓ -98%
united healthcare medicare advantage $188.18 ↓ -98%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $188.18 ↓ -98%
optum care network medicare advantage $188.18 ↓ -98%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $192.55 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $192.55 ↓ -98%
signal health medicare advantage $192.55 ↓ -98%
regence medicare advantage $201.48 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage $205.90 ↓ -97%
regence uniform medical plan $320.83 ↓ -96%
premera commercial $379.67 ↓ -95%
regence commercial $425.79 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $483.64 ↓ -94%
kaiser health plan commercial $536.04 ↓ -93%
cigna commercial $616.59 ↓ -92%
aetna commercial $676.49 ↓ -91%
coventry - first health commercial $677.30 ↓ -91%
cigna local plus $11,231.80 ↑ +45%

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Artery xray of abdomen 75726-26 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $13,007.04 $6,443.62 – $22,383.45
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $13,007.04 $6,443.62 – $21,556.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $18,640.00 $5,406.00 – $5,406.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $8,638.70 $902.59 – $15,780.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $13,007.04 $321.45 – $22,383.45
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $9,518.60 $479.73 – $11,471.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $8,342.60 $290.87 – $17,051.86
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $20,050.10 $418.73 – $18,821.15

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