Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 1st dose 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

$965.43

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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.

$1,893.00

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.

$343.50 with multiplan vs $1,659.19 with united healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $343.50 ↓ -64%
regence medicare advantage $417.11 ↓ -57%
optum care network medicare advantage $490.72 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage $490.72 ↓ -49%
united healthcare medicare advantage $490.72 ↓ -49%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $490.72 ↓ -49%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $490.72 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $505.44 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $515.26 ↓ -47%
premera commercial $1,135.80 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,141.48 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $1,192.59 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $1,212.47 ↑ +26%
regence uniform medical plan $1,218.46 ↑ +26%
regence commercial $1,325.10 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $1,397.79 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $1,397.79 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,514.40 ↑ +57%
united healthcare commercial $1,659.19 ↑ +72%

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Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 1st dose at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $510.61 – $1,551.25
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $510.61 – $1,194.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $387.80 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $349.30 $491.37 – $1,250.54
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $441.70 $491.37 – $909.03
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $471.80 $491.37 – $1,289.84
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $954.40 $450.50 – $2,004.73
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $348.44 $497.37 – $710.53

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