Boot softgait shrt m 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

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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.

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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.

$130.50 with multiplan vs $661.33 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
multiplan medicare advantage $130.50
regence medicare advantage $158.47
regence uniform medical plan $182.06
regence commercial $182.06
kaiser foundation hp medicare $186.43
united healthcare medicare advantage $186.43
humana medicare advantage $186.43
optum care network medicare advantage $186.43
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $186.43
aetna medicare advantage ppo $192.02
aetna medicare advantage hmo $195.75
united healthcare commercial $223.72
premera commercial $484.28
kaiser health plan commercial $525.61
cigna commercial $582.72
cigna local plus $661.33

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Boot softgait shrt m at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $252.48 $190.16 – $577.71
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $252.48 $190.16 – $465.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $252.48 $190.16 – $422.16
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $96.80 $182.06 – $789.65
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $96.80 $163.85 – $318.67
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $81.12 $115.79 – $836.32
St. Anne Hospital Burien $56.12 $79.03 – $183.78
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $55.90 $91.89 – $482.82

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