C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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

$479.91

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.

$941.00

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.

$230.66 with multiplan vs $752.80 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 $230.66 ↓ -52%
regence medicare advantage $280.08 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage $329.51 ↓ -31%
united healthcare medicare advantage $329.51 ↓ -31%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $329.51 ↓ -31%
optum care network medicare advantage $329.51 ↓ -31%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $329.51 ↓ -31%
regence commercial $329.51 ↓ -31%
regence uniform medical plan $329.51 ↓ -31%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $339.40 ↓ -29%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $345.99 ↓ -28%
united healthcare commercial $395.41 ↓ -18%
kaiser health plan commercial $527.22 ↑ +10%
premera commercial $564.60 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $592.83 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $602.71 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $694.83 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $694.83 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $752.80 ↑ +57%

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $912.48 $296.56 – $1,001.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $912.48 $296.56 – $988.53
Central Medical Center Seattle $854.40 $204.00 – $204.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $912.48 $296.56 – $731.51
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $536.16 $329.51 – $1,318.04
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $988.52 $329.51 – $764.46
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,179.20 $80.58 – $597.40
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $402.27 $329.51 – $820.31

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →