Breath tst attain/anal c-14 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

$32.13

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.

$63.00

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.

$0.41 with aetna vs $1,428.69 with confluence 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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $0.41 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $7.74 ↓ -76%
regence medicare advantage $9.40 ↓ -71%
humana medicare advantage $11.06 ↓ -66%
united healthcare medicare advantage $11.06 ↓ -66%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $11.06 ↓ -66%
kaiser health plan commercial $11.06 ↓ -66%
optum care network medicare advantage $11.06 ↓ -66%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $11.06 ↓ -66%
regence commercial $11.06 ↓ -66%
regence uniform medical plan $11.06 ↓ -66%
signal health medicare advantage $11.06 ↓ -66%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $11.39 ↓ -65%
united healthcare commercial $13.27 ↓ -59%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $13.42 ↓ -58%
first choice commercial $14.38 ↓ -55%
coventry - first health commercial $14.64 ↓ -54%
premera commercial $19.36 ↓ -40%
cigna commercial $34.57 ↑ +8%
cigna local plus $39.23 ↑ +22%
aetna commercial $39.69 ↑ +24%
aetna medicare advantage $299.35 ↑ +832%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,428.69 ↑ +4347%

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Breath tst attain/anal c-14 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $35.52 $9.95 – $41.43
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $35.52 $9.95 – $41.43
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $10.00 – $10.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $945.70 $11.06 – $45.57
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $35.52 $9.95 – $41.43
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $434.00 $11.06 – $20.46
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $144.90 $11.06 – $20.46
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $553.00 $11.06 – $45.58

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