Exchange blood transfusion newborn 36450 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.

$3.48 with aetna vs $4,497.00 with aetna — 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 $3.48
first choice commercial $4.97
aetna medicare advantage hmo $12.70
aetna medicare advantage ppo $30.05
confluence health medicare advantage $37.16
united healthcare commercial $173.28
humana medicare advantage $174.15
humana choicecare medicare advantage $174.15
united healthcare medicare advantage $174.15
kaiser foundation hp medicare $174.15
optum care network medicare advantage $174.15
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $180.72
multiplan medicare advantage $180.72
signal health medicare advantage $180.72
regence medicare advantage $186.95
coventry - first health commercial $306.40
regence uniform medical plan $312.70
premera commercial $370.05
regence commercial $415.00
cigna commercial $572.14
kaiser health plan commercial $833.44
cigna local plus $1,612.91
aetna commercial $4,497.00

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Exchange blood transfusion newborn 36450 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $994.08 $510.88 – $1,823.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $994.08 $510.88 – $1,765.58
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,096.20 $491.62 – $1,396.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $994.08 $512.31 – $1,823.79
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,384.60 $288.58 – $1,517.24
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $166.92 $502.41 – $5,987.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $925.60 $312.25 – $1,814.49

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