G0180 home health certification 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.

$1.53 with first choice vs $1,426.86 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 $1.53
cigna commercial $47.91
united healthcare commercial $56.37
aetna commercial $58.61
united healthcare medicare advantage $59.22
optum care network medicare advantage $59.22
humana medicare advantage $59.22
humana choicecare medicare advantage $59.22
kaiser foundation hp medicare $59.22
signal health medicare advantage $60.82
multiplan medicare advantage $60.82
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $60.82
regence medicare advantage $60.82
confluence health medicare advantage $69.76
regence uniform medical plan $96.94
aetna medicare advantage ppo $114.32
premera commercial $114.72
regence commercial $128.65
coventry - first health commercial $142.47
kaiser health plan commercial $217.96
aetna medicare advantage $1,162.72
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,426.86

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G0180 home health certification at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $175.07 – $175.07
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $88.93 – $88.93
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley not published $229.56 – $229.56
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $130.72 – $130.72
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup not published $130.72 – $130.72
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia not published $316.71 – $316.71
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington not published $130.72 – $130.72
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $217.87 – $217.87

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