Fibrinolytic plasminogen 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

$38.25

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.

$75.00

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.

$12.03 with multiplan vs $60.00 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 $12.03 ↓ -69%
regence medicare advantage $14.61 ↓ -62%
humana medicare advantage $17.19 ↓ -55%
united healthcare medicare advantage $17.19 ↓ -55%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $17.19 ↓ -55%
optum care network medicare advantage $17.19 ↓ -55%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $17.19 ↓ -55%
regence commercial $17.19 ↓ -55%
regence uniform medical plan $17.19 ↓ -55%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $17.71 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $18.05 ↓ -53%
united healthcare commercial $20.63 ↓ -46%
kaiser health plan commercial $27.50 ↓ -28%
premera commercial $30.08 ↓ -21%
aetna commercial $47.25 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $48.04 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $53.73 ↑ +40%
cigna local plus $55.38 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $60.00 ↑ +57%

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Fibrinolytic plasminogen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $82.08 $15.47 – $80.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $82.08 $15.47 – $78.21
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.80 $13.00 – $13.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $82.08 $15.47 – $80.79
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $63.00 $17.19 – $31.80
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $25.20 $2.52 – $31.17
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $80.66 $17.19 – $164.47
St. Anne Hospital Burien $55.81 $17.19 – $164.47

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