Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr 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

$605.37

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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.

$1,187.00

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 $1,738.24 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

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 $86.17 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $174.08 ↓ -71%
optum care network medicare advantage $174.08 ↓ -71%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $174.08 ↓ -71%
united healthcare medicare advantage $174.08 ↓ -71%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $174.08 ↓ -71%
united healthcare commercial $182.09 ↓ -70%
signal health medicare advantage $187.96 ↓ -69%
multiplan medicare advantage $187.96 ↓ -69%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $187.96 ↓ -69%
regence medicare advantage $196.46 ↓ -68%
regence uniform medical plan $295.19 ↓ -51%
premera commercial $349.33 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $372.14 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $379.37 ↓ -37%
regence commercial $391.76 ↓ -35%
coventry - first health commercial $472.90 ↓ -22%
kaiser health plan commercial $553.70 ↓ -9%
cigna commercial $601.24 ↓ -1%
aetna commercial $747.81 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $876.48 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,738.24 ↑ +187%

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Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $382.49 – $1,162.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $382.49 – $895.03
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,213.10 $279.39 – $718.42
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $659.36 $376.15 – $872.68
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $451.66 $644.72 – $973.56
St. Anne Hospital Burien $312.49 $440.05 – $1,142.74
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $311.26 $511.68 – $1,076.25
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $338.94 $511.68 – $1,076.25

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