Bone marrow imaging ltd 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

$922.59

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.

$1,809.00

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.

$5.06 with first choice vs $1,335.77 with cigna — 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
first choice commercial $5.06 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $118.18 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage $184.38 ↓ -80%
optum care network medicare advantage $184.38 ↓ -80%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $184.38 ↓ -80%
united healthcare medicare advantage $184.38 ↓ -80%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $184.38 ↓ -80%
united healthcare commercial $186.00 ↓ -80%
signal health medicare advantage $191.36 ↓ -79%
multiplan medicare advantage $191.36 ↓ -79%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $191.36 ↓ -79%
regence medicare advantage $200.68 ↓ -78%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $252.30 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage $262.19 ↓ -72%
regence uniform medical plan $303.94 ↓ -67%
premera commercial $359.69 ↓ -61%
confluence health medicare advantage $372.81 ↓ -60%
regence commercial $403.38 ↓ -56%
coventry - first health commercial $437.04 ↓ -53%
kaiser health plan commercial $554.89 ↓ -40%
cigna commercial $614.14 ↓ -33%
aetna commercial $1,139.67 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,335.77 ↑ +45%

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Bone marrow imaging ltd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,730.21
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,674.99
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,382.40 $402.00 – $402.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,498.00 $445.48 – $1,325.27
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,200.00 $464.23 – $1,730.21
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $431.20 $280.55 – $1,439.39
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,343.30 $445.48 – $1,412.57
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $766.80 $260.30 – $1,729.63

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