Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

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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.

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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.

$5.98 with multiplan vs $23.49 with kaiser health plan — 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 $5.98
regence medicare advantage $7.26
regence uniform medical plan $7.53
premera commercial $7.53
regence commercial $7.53
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $8.54
united healthcare medicare advantage $8.54
united healthcare commercial $8.54
kaiser foundation hp medicare $8.54
optum care network medicare advantage $8.54
humana medicare advantage $8.54
aetna medicare advantage ppo $8.80
aetna medicare advantage hmo $8.97
aetna commercial $17.64
cigna commercial $20.19
cigna local plus $22.92
kaiser health plan commercial $23.49

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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,470.52 $7.30 – $25.14
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,470.52 $7.30 – $18.22
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $13.11 – $13.11
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $1,377.04 $7.30 – $8.04
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,377.04 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $338.66 $6.93 – $20.95
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,470.52 $7.30 – $25.14
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $621.21 $7.30 – $51.91

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