Ghs trypsin (fecal) 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

$21.42

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.

$42.00

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.

$5.11 with multiplan vs $33.60 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 $5.11 ↓ -76%
regence medicare advantage $6.21 ↓ -71%
humana medicare advantage $7.30 ↓ -66%
united healthcare medicare advantage $7.30 ↓ -66%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $7.30 ↓ -66%
optum care network medicare advantage $7.30 ↓ -66%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $7.30 ↓ -66%
regence commercial $7.30 ↓ -66%
regence uniform medical plan $7.30 ↓ -66%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $7.52 ↓ -65%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $7.67 ↓ -64%
united healthcare commercial $8.76 ↓ -59%
kaiser health plan commercial $11.68 ↓ -45%
premera commercial $12.78 ↓ -40%
cigna commercial $22.82 ↑ +7%
cigna local plus $25.90 ↑ +21%
aetna commercial $26.46 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $26.90 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $33.60 ↑ +57%

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Ghs trypsin (fecal) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $32.80 $6.00 – $6.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $6.57 – $34.31
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $6.57 – $33.22
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $32.00 $3.31 – $13.23
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $18.00 $3.39 – $14.31
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $18.00 $3.47 – $14.31
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $14.40 $3.65 – $13.23
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $18.00 $3.39 – $14.31

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