Cell marker study 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

$441.66

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.

$866.00

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.

$40.74 with multiplan vs $692.80 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 $40.74 ↓ -91%
regence medicare advantage $49.47 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $58.20 ↓ -87%
optum care network medicare advantage $58.20 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage $58.20 ↓ -87%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $58.20 ↓ -87%
united healthcare medicare advantage $58.20 ↓ -87%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $59.95 ↓ -86%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $61.11 ↓ -86%
regence uniform medical plan $139.63 ↓ -68%
kaiser health plan commercial $148.51 ↓ -66%
regence commercial $168.63 ↓ -62%
cigna commercial $173.47 ↓ -61%
premera commercial $184.34 ↓ -58%
united healthcare commercial $196.78 ↓ -55%
cigna local plus $197.12 ↓ -55%
aetna commercial $545.58 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $554.67 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $692.80 ↑ +57%

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Cell marker study at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $229.44 $60.34 – $232.51
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $229.44 $60.34 – $225.09
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,030.40 $54.00 – $54.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $229.44 $60.51 – $232.51
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $90.40 $26.92 – $223.12
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $77.60 $62.17 – $168.64
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $177.60 $27.53 – $250.15
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $177.60 $28.17 – $250.15

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →