Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 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

$734.40

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.

$1,440.00

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.

$239.67 with multiplan vs $1,152.00 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 $239.67 ↓ -67%
regence medicare advantage $291.03 ↓ -60%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $342.39 ↓ -53%
cigna commercial $342.39 ↓ -53%
cigna local plus $342.39 ↓ -53%
united healthcare medicare advantage $342.39 ↓ -53%
united healthcare commercial $342.39 ↓ -53%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $342.39 ↓ -53%
optum care network medicare advantage $342.39 ↓ -53%
humana medicare advantage $342.39 ↓ -53%
regence uniform medical plan $346.98 ↓ -53%
premera commercial $346.98 ↓ -53%
regence commercial $346.98 ↓ -53%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $352.66 ↓ -52%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $359.51 ↓ -51%
kaiser health plan commercial $868.32 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $907.20 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $922.32 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $1,152.00 ↑ +57%

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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $459.84 $357.49 – $1,513.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $459.84 $357.49 – $1,352.48
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $697.90 $357.49 – $1,159.27
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $459.84 $357.49 – $1,513.49
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $660.80 $322.69 – $661.36
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $671.32 $357.49 – $1,352.48
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $717.60 $284.25 – $1,493.91
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,085.20 $417.44 – $1,133.43

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