Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr 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

$713.49

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.

$1,399.00

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.

$8.02 with first choice vs $1,119.20 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 $8.02 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $166.79 ↓ -77%
united healthcare commercial $226.60 ↓ -68%
regence medicare advantage $244.49 ↓ -66%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $251.05 ↓ -65%
signal health medicare advantage $251.05 ↓ -65%
multiplan medicare advantage $251.05 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage $260.11 ↓ -64%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $260.11 ↓ -64%
united healthcare medicare advantage $260.11 ↓ -64%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $260.11 ↓ -64%
optum care network medicare advantage $260.11 ↓ -64%
regence uniform medical plan $384.00 ↓ -46%
premera commercial $454.42 ↓ -36%
regence commercial $509.62 ↓ -29%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $595.31 ↓ -17%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $606.87 ↓ -15%
cigna commercial $748.23 ↑ +5%
kaiser health plan commercial $843.60 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $881.37 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,033.02 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,119.20 ↑ +57%

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Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,515.04 $432.11 – $2,282.37
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,515.04 $432.11 – $2,209.53
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,411.20 $415.83 – $1,748.20
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,515.04 $433.33 – $2,282.37
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,055.90 $415.83 – $769.28
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,591.10 $415.83 – $1,091.54
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $721.76 $424.95 – $2,039.56
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,342.00 $343.61 – $2,151.26

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