#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$68.34

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.

$134.00

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.

$13.69 with multiplan vs $107.20 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
multiplan medicare advantage $13.69 ↓ -80%
regence medicare advantage $16.63 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $19.56 ↓ -71%
united healthcare medicare advantage $19.56 ↓ -71%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $19.56 ↓ -71%
optum care network medicare advantage $19.56 ↓ -71%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $19.56 ↓ -71%
regence commercial $19.56 ↓ -71%
regence uniform medical plan $19.56 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $20.15 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $20.54 ↓ -70%
united healthcare commercial $23.47 ↓ -66%
kaiser health plan commercial $31.30 ↓ -54%
premera commercial $34.23 ↓ -50%
cigna commercial $61.14 ↓ -11%
cigna local plus $69.39 ↑ +2%
aetna commercial $84.42 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $85.83 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $107.20 ↑ +57%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $87.20 $15.00 – $15.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $17.60 – $91.93
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $17.60 – $89.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $66.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $169.40 $19.56 – $70.42
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $75.60 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $89.76 $19.56 – $88.02
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $152.60 $19.56 – $36.19

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →