Gamunex-c/gammaked 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.

$34.27 with multiplan vs $173.86 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
multiplan medicare advantage $34.27
regence medicare advantage $41.62
regence uniform medical plan $48.81
premera commercial $48.81
regence commercial $48.81
humana medicare advantage $48.96
united healthcare medicare advantage $48.96
united healthcare commercial $48.96
optum care network medicare advantage $48.96
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $48.96
kaiser foundation hp medicare $48.96
aetna medicare advantage ppo $50.43
aetna medicare advantage hmo $51.41
aetna commercial $87.34
kaiser health plan commercial $141.29
cigna commercial $153.19
cigna local plus $173.86

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Gamunex-c/gammaked at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,235.92 $49.58 – $116.43
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,235.92 $49.58 – $91.99
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $48.03 – $48.03
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $7,435.88 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,435.88 $38.83 – $97.03
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,235.92 $49.73 – $116.43
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $8,005.24 $49.58 – $310.14
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $7,435.88 not published

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