Brace ankle stablizing lg 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.

$77.19 with multiplan vs $391.17 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 $77.19
regence medicare advantage $93.73
regence uniform medical plan $107.69
regence commercial $107.69
kaiser foundation hp medicare $110.27
united healthcare medicare advantage $110.27
humana medicare advantage $110.27
optum care network medicare advantage $110.27
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $110.27
aetna medicare advantage ppo $113.58
aetna medicare advantage hmo $115.78
united healthcare commercial $132.32
premera commercial $286.46
kaiser health plan commercial $310.89
cigna commercial $344.67
cigna local plus $391.17

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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $149.28 $112.48 – $341.71
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $149.28 $112.48 – $275.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $115.58 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $335.85 $112.48 – $286.26
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $149.28 $112.48 – $249.71
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $72.30 $112.48 – $212.72
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $115.58 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $142.69 $112.48 – $366.76

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