Hla i & ii typing 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

$896.58

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.

$1,758.00

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.

$241.90 with multiplan vs $1,406.40 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 $241.90 ↓ -73%
regence medicare advantage $293.73 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $345.57 ↓ -61%
united healthcare medicare advantage $345.57 ↓ -61%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $345.57 ↓ -61%
optum care network medicare advantage $345.57 ↓ -61%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $345.57 ↓ -61%
regence commercial $345.57 ↓ -61%
regence uniform medical plan $345.57 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $355.94 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $362.85 ↓ -60%
united healthcare commercial $414.68 ↓ -54%
kaiser health plan commercial $552.91 ↓ -38%
premera commercial $604.75 ↓ -33%
cigna commercial $1,080.15 ↑ +20%
aetna commercial $1,107.54 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $1,126.00 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $1,225.86 ↑ +37%
coventry - first health commercial $1,406.40 ↑ +57%

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