Gc stocking full lngth 18-30 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.

$50.41 with multiplan vs $255.45 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 $50.41
regence medicare advantage $61.21
regence uniform medical plan $69.91
regence commercial $69.91
humana medicare advantage $72.01
united healthcare medicare advantage $72.01
kaiser foundation hp medicare $72.01
optum care network medicare advantage $72.01
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $72.01
aetna medicare advantage ppo $74.17
aetna medicare advantage hmo $75.61
united healthcare commercial $86.41
premera commercial $185.96
cigna commercial $225.08
cigna local plus $255.45

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Gc stocking full lngth 18-30 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $73.95 – $188.20
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $73.95 – $136.81
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley not published $69.91 – $134.07
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima not published $62.92 – $123.93
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $61.17 – $144.94
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup not published $72.47 – $144.94
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia not published $62.92 – $134.07
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington not published $61.17 – $144.94

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