Dilate ic vasospasm init 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

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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.

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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.

$7.19 with aetna vs $18,711.00 with aetna — 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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $7.19
aetna medicare advantage ppo $8.00
first choice commercial $14.01
confluence health medicare advantage $16.07
aetna medicare advantage $51.43
united healthcare commercial $458.60
humana medicare advantage $462.27
humana choicecare medicare advantage $462.27
kaiser foundation hp medicare $462.27
united healthcare medicare advantage $462.27
optum care network medicare advantage $462.27
signal health medicare advantage $475.72
multiplan medicare advantage $475.72
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $475.72
regence medicare advantage $494.81
regence uniform medical plan $876.19
premera commercial $1,036.88
regence commercial $1,162.83
cigna commercial $1,514.27
coventry - first health commercial $1,670.56
kaiser health plan commercial $2,665.07
aetna commercial $18,711.00

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Dilate ic vasospasm init at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $11,505.60 $7,277.00 – $7,277.00
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $11,505.60 $7,277.00 – $7,277.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,435.90 $9,231.00 – $33,603.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $11,505.60 $7,277.00 – $17,257.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $2,531.88 $9,161.00 – $13,908.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $7,598.00 $839.45 – $8,071.64
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $4,215.59 $582.95 – $8,596.46
St. Anne Hospital Burien $2,916.65 $582.95 – $8,596.46

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →