Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml 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

$1,302.94

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.

$2,554.78

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.

$524.20 with multiplan vs $2,043.82 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 $524.20 ↓ -60%
regence medicare advantage $636.52 ↓ -51%
regence uniform medical plan $715.90 ↓ -45%
regence commercial $715.90 ↓ -45%
premera commercial $715.90 ↓ -45%
humana medicare advantage $748.85 ↓ -43%
united healthcare medicare advantage $748.85 ↓ -43%
united healthcare commercial $748.85 ↓ -43%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $748.85 ↓ -43%
optum care network medicare advantage $748.85 ↓ -43%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $748.85 ↓ -43%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $771.32 ↓ -41%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $786.29 ↓ -40%
aetna commercial $1,271.74 ↓ -2%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,540.53 ↑ +18%
first choice commercial $1,636.34 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $1,886.45 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $1,886.45 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $2,043.82 ↑ +57%

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Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,859.56 $706.17 – $1,754.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,859.56 $706.17 – $1,385.60
Central Medical Center Seattle $958.38 $742.90 – $742.90
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,910.94 $531.04 – $1,462.03
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,859.56 $706.17 – $1,754.44
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,910.94 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $1,859.56 $748.98 – $1,385.60
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,910.94 $680.82 – $1,573.86

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