Cdp-sot 6 cond w/i&r 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

$310.59

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.

$609.00

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.

$1.45 with first choice vs $1,122.15 with aetna — 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
first choice commercial $1.45 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $51.03 ↓ -84%
humana medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -84%
united healthcare medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -84%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $51.06 ↓ -84%
optum care network medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -84%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $51.06 ↓ -84%
signal health medicare advantage $52.95 ↓ -83%
multiplan medicare advantage $52.95 ↓ -83%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $52.95 ↓ -83%
regence medicare advantage $55.06 ↓ -82%
regence uniform medical plan $88.18 ↓ -72%
premera commercial $104.35 ↓ -66%
regence commercial $117.03 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $144.50 ↓ -53%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $144.62 ↓ -53%
cigna commercial $168.49 ↓ -46%
coventry - first health commercial $256.69 ↓ -17%
confluence health medicare advantage $289.96 ↓ -7%
kaiser health plan commercial $330.06 ↑ +6%
aetna commercial $383.67 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $449.69 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $1,122.15 ↑ +261%

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Cdp-sot 6 cond w/i&r at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $154.07 – $512.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $154.07 – $496.09
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $399.20 $100.51 – $638.68
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $399.20 $102.84 – $638.68
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $399.20 $108.17 – $688.38
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $399.20 $100.51 – $638.68
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $399.20 $102.37 – $913.21
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $399.20 $102.88 – $638.68

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