Floxuridine injection 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.

$140.26 with aetna vs $14,152.69 with cigna — 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 commercial $140.26
multiplan medicare advantage $2,889.61
regence medicare advantage $3,508.82
regence uniform medical plan $3,858.03
premera commercial $3,858.03
regence commercial $3,858.03
united healthcare medicare advantage $4,128.02
united healthcare commercial $4,128.02
kaiser foundation hp medicare $4,128.02
optum care network medicare advantage $4,128.02
humana medicare advantage $4,128.02
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $4,128.02
aetna medicare advantage ppo $4,251.86
aetna medicare advantage hmo $4,334.42
kaiser health plan commercial $10,518.06
cigna commercial $12,470.42
cigna local plus $14,152.69

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Floxuridine injection at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,857.12 – $7,864.29
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,857.12 – $7,864.29
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $4,125.55 – $4,125.55
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $699.59 $184.00 – $1,426.59
St. Anne Hospital Burien $484.02 $301.16 – $1,426.59
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $482.11 $251.27 – $1,188.83
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $524.99 $251.27 – $1,188.83
St. Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw $560.12 $269.47 – $1,426.59

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