Brca1&2 gene full seq alys 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

$698.70

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.

$1,370.00

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.

$327.60 with multiplan vs $1,096.00 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 $327.60 ↓ -53%
regence medicare advantage $397.80 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage $468.00 ↓ -33%
united healthcare medicare advantage $468.00 ↓ -33%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $468.00 ↓ -33%
optum care network medicare advantage $468.00 ↓ -33%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $468.00 ↓ -33%
regence commercial $468.00 ↓ -33%
regence uniform medical plan $468.00 ↓ -33%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $482.04 ↓ -31%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $491.40 ↓ -30%
united healthcare commercial $561.60 ↓ -20%
kaiser health plan commercial $748.80 ↑ +7%
premera commercial $819.00 ↑ +17%
aetna commercial $863.10 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $877.48 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $1,011.61 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $1,011.61 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,096.00 ↑ +57%

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Brca1&2 gene full seq alys at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,296.00 $421.20 – $1,421.78
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,296.00 $421.20 – $1,404.00
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $289.00 – $289.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,296.00 $421.20 – $1,038.96
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $1,296.00 $468.00 – $1,872.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,404.00 $468.00 – $1,085.76
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $794.43 $468.00 – $1,620.00
St. Anne Hospital Burien $549.64 $468.00 – $1,620.00

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