Fetal lung maturity assess lam body dnst 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

$54.57

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.

$107.00

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.

$13.52 with multiplan vs $85.60 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
multiplan medicare advantage $13.52 ↓ -75%
regence medicare advantage $16.42 ↓ -70%
humana medicare advantage $19.32 ↓ -65%
united healthcare medicare advantage $19.32 ↓ -65%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $19.32 ↓ -65%
optum care network medicare advantage $19.32 ↓ -65%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $19.32 ↓ -65%
regence commercial $19.32 ↓ -65%
regence uniform medical plan $19.32 ↓ -65%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $19.90 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $20.29 ↓ -63%
united healthcare commercial $23.18 ↓ -58%
kaiser health plan commercial $30.91 ↓ -43%
premera commercial $33.81 ↓ -38%
cigna commercial $60.39 ↑ +11%
aetna commercial $67.41 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $68.53 ↑ +26%
first choice commercial $68.53 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $85.60 ↑ +57%

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Fetal lung maturity assess lam body dnst at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $136.80 $17.39 – $90.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $136.80 $17.39 – $87.91
Central Medical Center Seattle $86.40 $15.00 – $15.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $51.80 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $128.10 $19.32 – $69.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $136.80 $17.39 – $90.80
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $74.20 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $136.80 $19.32 – $86.94

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