Cltx thigh fx w/mnpj 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.

$16.10 with first choice vs $9,117.06 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
first choice commercial $16.10
aetna medicare advantage hmo $150.86
aetna medicare advantage $152.28
aetna medicare advantage ppo $268.88
confluence health medicare advantage $355.15
united healthcare commercial $586.86
humana medicare advantage $605.55
humana choicecare medicare advantage $605.55
united healthcare medicare advantage $605.55
kaiser foundation hp medicare $605.55
optum care network medicare advantage $605.55
signal health medicare advantage $616.54
multiplan medicare advantage $616.54
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $616.54
regence medicare advantage $633.18
regence uniform medical plan $1,031.28
premera commercial $1,220.42
coventry - first health commercial $1,301.66
regence commercial $1,368.67
cigna commercial $1,937.75
kaiser health plan commercial $2,327.51
aetna commercial $4,497.00
cigna local plus $9,117.06

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Cltx thigh fx w/mnpj at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,862.04 – $7,912.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,862.04 – $4,357.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,388.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,146.50 $1,791.86 – $4,560.28
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,074.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,276.70 $1,791.86 – $3,314.93
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,938.20 $932.28 – $3,314.93
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,348.10 $1,791.86 – $4,703.62

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