Assay of etiocholanolone 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

$67.32

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.

$132.00

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.

$18.37 with multiplan vs $105.60 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 $18.37 ↓ -73%
regence medicare advantage $22.30 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $26.24 ↓ -61%
united healthcare medicare advantage $26.24 ↓ -61%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $26.24 ↓ -61%
optum care network medicare advantage $26.24 ↓ -61%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $26.24 ↓ -61%
regence commercial $26.24 ↓ -61%
regence uniform medical plan $26.24 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $27.03 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $27.55 ↓ -59%
united healthcare commercial $31.49 ↓ -53%
kaiser health plan commercial $41.98 ↓ -38%
premera commercial $45.92 ↓ -32%
cigna commercial $82.02 ↑ +22%
aetna commercial $83.16 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $84.55 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $93.08 ↑ +38%
coventry - first health commercial $105.60 ↑ +57%

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Assay of etiocholanolone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $118.40 $20.00 – $20.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $23.62 – $123.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $23.62 – $119.39
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $26.24 – $28.86
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $26.24 – $94.46
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $23.62 – $123.33
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $26.24 – $163.48
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $26.24 – $118.08

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