Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 hr 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

$402.39

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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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$789.00

Gross charge

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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.

$4.55 with first choice vs $1,529.48 with confluence health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $4.55 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $160.65 ↓ -60%
united healthcare commercial $161.55 ↓ -60%
optum care network medicare advantage $162.21 ↓ -60%
united healthcare medicare advantage $162.21 ↓ -60%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $162.21 ↓ -60%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $162.21 ↓ -60%
humana medicare advantage $162.21 ↓ -60%
signal health medicare advantage $170.59 ↓ -58%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $170.59 ↓ -58%
regence medicare advantage $174.30 ↓ -57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $236.38 ↓ -41%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $240.97 ↓ -40%
regence uniform medical plan $261.42 ↓ -35%
premera commercial $309.36 ↓ -23%
regence commercial $346.94 ↓ -14%
coventry - first health commercial $414.29 ↑ +3%
kaiser health plan commercial $475.77 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $497.07 ↑ +24%
aetna medicare advantage $501.54 ↑ +25%
cigna commercial $533.42 ↑ +33%
cigna local plus $582.60 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,529.48 ↑ +280%

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Ghs subcutaneous infus. for therapy init 1 hr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $430.08 $246.31 – $863.58
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $430.08 $246.31 – $836.02
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $361.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $404.60 $237.02 – $661.46
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $430.08 $247.00 – $863.58
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $489.84 $246.31 – $1,144.70
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $361.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $425.60 $189.92 – $438.50

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →