Cold agglutinin titer 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

$30.60

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.

$60.00

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.

$5.64 with multiplan vs $48.00 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 $5.64 ↓ -82%
regence medicare advantage $6.85 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage $8.06 ↓ -74%
united healthcare medicare advantage $8.06 ↓ -74%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $8.06 ↓ -74%
optum care network medicare advantage $8.06 ↓ -74%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $8.06 ↓ -74%
regence commercial $8.06 ↓ -74%
regence uniform medical plan $8.06 ↓ -74%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $8.30 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $8.46 ↓ -72%
united healthcare commercial $9.67 ↓ -68%
kaiser health plan commercial $12.90 ↓ -58%
premera commercial $14.11 ↓ -54%
cigna commercial $25.19 ↓ -18%
cigna local plus $28.59 ↓ -7%
aetna commercial $36.35 ↑ +19%
first choice commercial $38.43 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $48.00 ↑ +57%

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Cold agglutinin titer at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $42.24 $7.25 – $37.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $42.24 $7.25 – $36.67
Central Medical Center Seattle $60.80 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $182.74 $8.06 – $8.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $138.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $168.70 $8.06 – $29.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $42.24 $7.25 – $37.88
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $221.52 $8.06 – $50.21

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