Brca1 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

$422.28

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.

$828.00

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.

$198.02 with multiplan vs $662.40 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 $198.02 ↓ -53%
regence medicare advantage $240.45 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage $282.88 ↓ -33%
united healthcare medicare advantage $282.88 ↓ -33%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $282.88 ↓ -33%
optum care network medicare advantage $282.88 ↓ -33%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $282.88 ↓ -33%
regence commercial $282.88 ↓ -33%
regence uniform medical plan $282.88 ↓ -33%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $291.37 ↓ -31%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $297.02 ↓ -30%
united healthcare commercial $339.46 ↓ -20%
kaiser health plan commercial $452.61 ↑ +7%
premera commercial $495.04 ↑ +17%
aetna commercial $521.64 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $530.33 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $611.40 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $611.40 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $662.40 ↑ +57%

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Brca1 gene full seq alys at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $254.59 – $859.39
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $254.59 – $848.64
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $175.00 – $175.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $152.36 $282.88 – $656.28
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $282.88 – $311.17
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $282.88 – $719.93
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $254.59 – $627.99
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $282.88 – $827.42

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