Chemo ia push tecnique 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

$592.62

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.

$1,162.00

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.

$3.31 with first choice vs $1,931.17 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 $3.31 ↓ -99%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $113.66 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage $113.66 ↓ -81%
united healthcare medicare advantage $113.66 ↓ -81%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $113.66 ↓ -81%
optum care network medicare advantage $113.66 ↓ -81%
united healthcare commercial $118.18 ↓ -80%
signal health medicare advantage $122.53 ↓ -79%
multiplan medicare advantage $122.53 ↓ -79%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $122.53 ↓ -79%
regence medicare advantage $127.50 ↓ -78%
regence uniform medical plan $192.00 ↓ -68%
premera commercial $227.21 ↓ -62%
regence commercial $254.81 ↓ -57%
coventry - first health commercial $293.55 ↓ -50%
kaiser health plan commercial $324.50 ↓ -45%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $372.14 ↓ -37%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $379.37 ↓ -36%
cigna commercial $390.20 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage $422.35 ↓ -29%
aetna commercial $732.06 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $858.02 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,931.17 ↑ +226%

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Chemo ia push tecnique 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
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,099.70 $368.07 – $1,114.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,540.80 $383.56 – $1,455.12
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $312.90 $183.59 – $1,210.54
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $659.36 $257.75 – $1,300.32
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $558.80 $29.97 – $1,480.16
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $394.80 $394.05 – $1,054.04

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