Chemo extend IV infus w/pump 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

$369.24

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.

$724.00

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.

$5.16 with first choice vs $4,990.56 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
first choice commercial $5.16 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $75.71 ↓ -79%
cigna commercial $156.72 ↓ -58%
united healthcare commercial $228.40 ↓ -38%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $231.48 ↓ -37%
multiplan medicare advantage $231.48 ↓ -37%
signal health medicare advantage $231.48 ↓ -37%
humana medicare advantage $241.12 ↓ -35%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $241.12 ↓ -35%
united healthcare medicare advantage $241.12 ↓ -35%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $241.12 ↓ -35%
optum care network medicare advantage $241.12 ↓ -35%
regence medicare advantage $246.43 ↓ -33%
aetna commercial $322.56 ↓ -13%
regence uniform medical plan $365.86 ↓ -1%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $379.37 ↑ +3%
premera commercial $432.96 ↑ +17%
kaiser health plan commercial $436.57 ↑ +18%
regence commercial $485.55 ↑ +31%
cigna local plus $534.60 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $579.20 ↑ +57%
confluence health medicare advantage $4,990.56 ↑ +1252%

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Chemo extend IV infus w/pump at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,540.80 $382.49 – $1,455.12
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,540.80 $382.49 – $1,408.68
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $688.00 – $688.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,540.80 $383.56 – $1,455.12
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $795.90 $310.95 – $1,210.54
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $576.00 $371.53 – $1,480.16
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $885.20 $394.05 – $1,054.04
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $816.40 $375.89 – $1,585.54

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