Genetic tstg severe inh cond 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

$3,654.15

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.

$7,165.00

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.

$1,713.99 with multiplan vs $5,732.00 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 $1,713.99 ↓ -53%
regence medicare advantage $2,081.28 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage $2,448.56 ↓ -33%
united healthcare medicare advantage $2,448.56 ↓ -33%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $2,448.56 ↓ -33%
optum care network medicare advantage $2,448.56 ↓ -33%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $2,448.56 ↓ -33%
regence commercial $2,448.56 ↓ -33%
regence uniform medical plan $2,448.56 ↓ -33%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $2,522.02 ↓ -31%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $2,570.99 ↓ -30%
united healthcare commercial $2,938.27 ↓ -20%
kaiser health plan commercial $3,917.70 ↑ +7%
premera commercial $4,284.98 ↑ +17%
aetna commercial $4,513.95 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $4,589.18 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $5,290.64 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $5,290.64 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $5,732.00 ↑ +57%

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Genetic tstg severe inh cond at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $2,203.70 – $7,438.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $2,203.70 – $7,345.68
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $1,511.00 – $1,511.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $3,371.60 $280.33 – $4,799.18
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $3,371.60 $286.81 – $4,799.18
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $2,697.20 $301.68 – $4,439.24
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $3,371.60 $280.33 – $4,799.18
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $3,371.60 $285.49 – $2,815.84

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