Dstry eye lesn,fdr vssl tech 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

$916.47

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.

$1,797.00

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.

$17.73 with first choice vs $1,437.60 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
first choice commercial $17.73 ↓ -98%
confluence health medicare advantage $112.14 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $246.62 ↓ -73%
multiplan medicare advantage $418.31 ↓ -54%
regence medicare advantage $507.95 ↓ -45%
cigna commercial $540.82 ↓ -41%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $597.58 ↓ -35%
humana medicare advantage $597.58 ↓ -35%
united healthcare medicare advantage $597.58 ↓ -35%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $597.58 ↓ -35%
optum care network medicare advantage $597.58 ↓ -35%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $627.46 ↓ -32%
aetna commercial $767.60 ↓ -16%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $776.23 ↓ -15%
united healthcare commercial $780.84 ↓ -15%
signal health medicare advantage $798.81 ↓ -13%
premera commercial $1,078.20 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,083.59 ↑ +18%
regence uniform medical plan $1,250.80 ↑ +36%
regence commercial $1,257.90 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $1,326.90 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,437.60 ↑ +57%

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Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $636.89 – $2,382.57
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