Cid transmit coil and cable 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

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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.

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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.

$147.67 with multiplan vs $748.35 with cigna — 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 $147.67
regence medicare advantage $179.32
regence uniform medical plan $206.02
regence commercial $206.02
kaiser foundation hp medicare $210.96
united healthcare medicare advantage $210.96
humana medicare advantage $210.96
optum care network medicare advantage $210.96
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $210.96
aetna medicare advantage ppo $217.29
aetna medicare advantage hmo $221.51
united healthcare commercial $253.15
premera commercial $548.01
kaiser health plan commercial $594.77
cigna commercial $659.40
cigna local plus $748.35

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Cid transmit coil and cable at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $215.18 – $653.72
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $215.18 – $526.26
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $215.18 – $236.70
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $215.18 – $547.63
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $215.18 – $477.70
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $215.18 – $406.97
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $215.18 – $701.68
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $215.18 – $398.08

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