Brca1 dna gene analy known fam var 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

$568.65

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.

$1,115.00

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.

$262.68 with multiplan vs $892.00 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 $262.68 ↓ -54%
regence medicare advantage $318.96 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage $375.25 ↓ -34%
united healthcare medicare advantage $375.25 ↓ -34%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $375.25 ↓ -34%
optum care network medicare advantage $375.25 ↓ -34%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $375.25 ↓ -34%
regence commercial $375.25 ↓ -34%
regence uniform medical plan $375.25 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $386.51 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $394.01 ↓ -31%
united healthcare commercial $450.30 ↓ -21%
kaiser health plan commercial $600.40 ↑ +6%
premera commercial $656.69 ↑ +15%
aetna commercial $702.45 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $714.16 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $823.32 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $823.32 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $892.00 ↑ +57%

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Brca1 dna gene analy known fam var at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,167.20 $232.00 – $232.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $337.72 – $1,140.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $337.72 – $1,125.75
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $301.87 – $412.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $375.25 – $955.01
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $337.72 – $833.06
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $375.25 – $1,097.60
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $375.25 – $1,501.00

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