Endovenous rf abl vein addl 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

$1,192.89

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.

$2,339.00

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.

$7.77 with aetna vs $1,727.12 with cigna — 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 $7.77 ↓ -99%
first choice commercial $8.96 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $30.05 ↓ -97%
confluence health medicare advantage $31.15 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage $122.22 ↓ -90%
united healthcare commercial $131.54 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage $133.03 ↓ -89%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $133.03 ↓ -89%
united healthcare medicare advantage $133.03 ↓ -89%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $133.03 ↓ -89%
optum care network medicare advantage $133.03 ↓ -89%
signal health medicare advantage $135.93 ↓ -89%
multiplan medicare advantage $135.93 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $135.93 ↓ -89%
regence medicare advantage $141.93 ↓ -88%
regence uniform medical plan $245.16 ↓ -79%
premera commercial $290.12 ↓ -76%
cigna commercial $434.35 ↓ -64%
kaiser health plan commercial $683.80 ↓ -43%
regence commercial $706.33 ↓ -41%
coventry - first health commercial $1,049.68 ↓ -12%
aetna commercial $1,473.57 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,727.12 ↑ +45%

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Endovenous rf abl vein addl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $5,079.20 $226.04 – $226.04
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $706.80 $1,733.56 – $1,835.53
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,422.60 $2,030.68 – $2,900.97
St. Anne Hospital Burien $984.26 $1,386.02 – $2,900.97
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $980.37 $2,320.78 – $2,417.48
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,806.40 $1,773.20 – $1,915.05
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,806.40 $1,814.19 – $1,959.33
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $1,067.55 $2,320.78 – $2,417.48

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