Cmptr ophth img optic nerve 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

$108.63

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.

$213.00

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.

$1.08 with first choice vs $170.40 with coventry - first 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 $1.08 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $2.03 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage $34.29 ↓ -68%
optum care network medicare advantage $34.29 ↓ -68%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $34.29 ↓ -68%
united healthcare medicare advantage $34.29 ↓ -68%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $34.29 ↓ -68%
united healthcare commercial $40.13 ↓ -63%
signal health medicare advantage $41.66 ↓ -62%
multiplan medicare advantage $41.66 ↓ -62%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $41.66 ↓ -62%
regence medicare advantage $43.30 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $66.64 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $67.93 ↓ -37%
regence uniform medical plan $68.17 ↓ -37%
premera commercial $80.67 ↓ -26%
regence commercial $90.47 ↓ -17%
kaiser health plan commercial $128.44 ↑ +18%
cigna commercial $132.50 ↑ +22%
aetna commercial $134.19 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $157.28 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $170.40 ↑ +57%

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Cmptr ophth img optic nerve at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $160.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $68.31 – $258.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $68.31 – $250.30
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $48.78 – $72.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $65.74 – $198.04
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $68.50 – $258.55
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $68.31 – $342.71
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $67.18 – $247.55

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