Echo guide for transfusion 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

$93.84

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.

$184.00

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.

$3.50 with first choice vs $147.20 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 $3.50 ↓ -96%
confluence health medicare advantage $15.03 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage $47.51 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $53.77 ↓ -43%
premera commercial $110.40 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $110.95 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $115.92 ↑ +24%
united healthcare commercial $128.63 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $128.80 ↑ +37%
regence uniform medical plan $128.80 ↑ +37%
humana medicare advantage $129.14 ↑ +38%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $129.14 ↑ +38%
united healthcare medicare advantage $129.14 ↑ +38%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $129.14 ↑ +38%
optum care network medicare advantage $129.14 ↑ +38%
signal health medicare advantage $132.90 ↑ +42%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $132.90 ↑ +42%
multiplan medicare advantage $132.90 ↑ +42%
cigna commercial $135.87 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $135.87 ↑ +45%
regence medicare advantage $138.78 ↑ +48%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $139.70 ↑ +49%
coventry - first health commercial $147.20 ↑ +57%

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Echo guide for transfusion at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $346.56 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $346.56 not published
Central Medical Center Seattle $285.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $319.20 $586.92 – $586.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $346.56 $234.29 – $234.29
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $222.40 $76.76 – $81.28
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $298.40 $78.52 – $84.80
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $298.40 $80.33 – $86.76

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →