Extended visual field xm 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

$187.17

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.

$367.00

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.

$1.84 with first choice vs $371.72 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
first choice commercial $1.84 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $69.65 ↓ -63%
humana medicare advantage $71.48 ↓ -62%
united healthcare medicare advantage $71.48 ↓ -62%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $71.48 ↓ -62%
optum care network medicare advantage $71.48 ↓ -62%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $71.48 ↓ -62%
signal health medicare advantage $73.97 ↓ -60%
multiplan medicare advantage $73.97 ↓ -60%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $73.97 ↓ -60%
regence medicare advantage $75.15 ↓ -60%
confluence health medicare advantage $93.81 ↓ -50%
regence uniform medical plan $116.32 ↓ -38%
premera commercial $137.66 ↓ -26%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $144.62 ↓ -23%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $147.43 ↓ -21%
regence commercial $154.38 ↓ -18%
coventry - first health commercial $213.04 ↑ +14%
kaiser health plan commercial $221.30 ↑ +18%
cigna commercial $229.97 ↑ +23%
aetna commercial $231.21 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $270.99 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $371.72 ↑ +99%

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Extended visual field xm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $154.07 – $512.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $154.07 – $496.09
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $91.35 – $163.09
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $148.26 – $392.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $154.50 – $512.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $154.07 – $679.26
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $151.52 – $490.64
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $113.19 – $274.28

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