Conv gtube to jtube 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

$2,883.03

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.

$5,653.00

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.

$5.59 with first choice vs $4,174.18 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 $5.59 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $9.44 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $9.44 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $195.07 ↓ -93%
united healthcare commercial $195.42 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $199.95 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $199.95 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $199.95 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $199.95 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $199.95 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $203.82 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $203.82 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $203.82 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $210.84 ↓ -93%
confluence health medicare advantage $300.00 ↓ -90%
regence uniform medical plan $351.47 ↓ -88%
premera commercial $415.94 ↓ -86%
regence commercial $466.46 ↓ -84%
coventry - first health commercial $545.82 ↓ -81%
cigna commercial $645.25 ↓ -78%
kaiser health plan commercial $916.41 ↓ -68%
aetna commercial $3,561.39 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $4,174.18 ↑ +45%

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Conv gtube to jtube at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $2,222.08 – $7,584.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $2,222.08 – $7,304.21
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,138.32 – $2,352.16
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $2,138.32 – $5,442.03
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $2,228.31 – $7,584.54
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $2,222.08 – $9,110.79
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,185.26 – $7,537.82

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