Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$225.42

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.

$442.00

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.

$130.67 with multiplan vs $631.14 with united healthcare — 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 $130.67 ↓ -42%
regence medicare advantage $158.66 ↓ -30%
optum care network medicare advantage $186.66 ↓ -17%
humana medicare advantage $186.66 ↓ -17%
united healthcare medicare advantage $186.66 ↓ -17%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $186.66 ↓ -17%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $186.66 ↓ -17%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $192.26 ↓ -15%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $196.00 ↓ -13%
premera commercial $265.20 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $266.53 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $278.46 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $283.10 ↑ +26%
regence uniform medical plan $309.40 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $309.40 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $326.37 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $326.37 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $353.60 ↑ +57%
united healthcare commercial $631.14 ↑ +180%

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