Blood typing ag donor ea ag 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

$324.36

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.

$636.00

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.

$274.28 with multiplan vs $1,324.84 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
multiplan medicare advantage $274.28 ↓ -15%
regence medicare advantage $333.06 ↑ +3%
premera commercial $381.60 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $383.51 ↑ +18%
united healthcare medicare advantage $391.83 ↑ +21%
humana medicare advantage $391.83 ↑ +21%
optum care network medicare advantage $391.83 ↑ +21%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $391.83 ↑ +21%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $391.83 ↑ +21%
aetna commercial $400.68 ↑ +24%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $403.59 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $407.36 ↑ +26%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $411.42 ↑ +27%
regence uniform medical plan $445.20 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $445.20 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $469.62 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $469.62 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $508.80 ↑ +57%
united healthcare commercial $1,324.84 ↑ +308%

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Blood typing ag donor ea ag at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $48.96 $12.39 – $1,332.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $48.96 $12.39 – $1,289.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $854.40 $360.00 – $360.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $160.65 $15.36 – $439.38
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $38.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $205.10 $13.63 – $1,020.28
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $48.96 $12.39 – $1,332.03
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $163.28 $18.59 – $1,765.64

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