Desoxycorticosterone 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

$69.36

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.

$136.00

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.

$21.69 with multiplan vs $108.80 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 $21.69 ↓ -69%
regence medicare advantage $26.33 ↓ -62%
humana medicare advantage $30.98 ↓ -55%
united healthcare medicare advantage $30.98 ↓ -55%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $30.98 ↓ -55%
optum care network medicare advantage $30.98 ↓ -55%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $30.98 ↓ -55%
regence commercial $30.98 ↓ -55%
regence uniform medical plan $30.98 ↓ -55%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $31.91 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $32.53 ↓ -53%
united healthcare commercial $37.18 ↓ -46%
kaiser health plan commercial $49.57 ↓ -29%
premera commercial $54.22 ↓ -22%
aetna commercial $85.68 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $87.11 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $96.83 ↑ +40%
cigna local plus $100.42 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $108.80 ↑ +57%

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Desoxycorticosterone at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $139.20 $24.00 – $24.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $27.88 – $145.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $27.88 – $140.96
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $112.00 $30.98 – $111.53
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $119.00 $30.98 – $57.31
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $195.30 $30.98 – $121.13
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $137.20 $8.53 – $56.17
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $51.80 $30.98 – $105.63

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