Dev tst admin phys/qhp ea addl 30 min 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

$125.97

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.

$247.00

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.

$1.68 with first choice vs $1,240.08 with confluence 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
first choice commercial $1.68 ↓ -99%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $51.68 ↓ -59%
humana medicare advantage $51.68 ↓ -59%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $51.68 ↓ -59%
optum care network medicare advantage $51.68 ↓ -59%
united healthcare medicare advantage $51.68 ↓ -59%
united healthcare commercial $57.75 ↓ -54%
signal health medicare advantage $60.94 ↓ -52%
multiplan medicare advantage $60.94 ↓ -52%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $60.94 ↓ -52%
regence medicare advantage $62.30 ↓ -51%
regence uniform medical plan $103.82 ↓ -18%
premera commercial $122.86 ↓ -2%
regence commercial $146.91 ↑ +17%
kaiser health plan commercial $148.94 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $155.61 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $182.38 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $182.38 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $197.60 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,015.94 ↑ +706%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,240.08 ↑ +884%

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Dev tst admin phys/qhp ea addl 30 min at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $119.00 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $305.90 $94.66 – $94.66
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $138.32 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $139.20 $392.78 – $415.89
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $221.20 not published
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $401.76 – $433.90
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup not published $411.05 – $443.93
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia not published $432.36 – $640.53

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