Hlth bhv assmt/reassessment 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

$52.02

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.

$102.00

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.

$2.79 with first choice vs $611.14 with confluence 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
first choice commercial $2.79 ↓ -95%
premera commercial $61.20 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $61.51 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $64.26 ↑ +24%
multiplan medicare advantage $70.53 ↑ +36%
regence commercial $71.40 ↑ +37%
regence uniform medical plan $71.40 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $75.32 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $75.32 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $81.60 ↑ +57%
united healthcare commercial $85.04 ↑ +63%
regence medicare advantage $85.65 ↑ +65%
humana medicare advantage $91.88 ↑ +77%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $91.88 ↑ +77%
united healthcare medicare advantage $91.88 ↑ +77%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $91.88 ↑ +77%
optum care network medicare advantage $91.88 ↑ +77%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $92.99 ↑ +79%
signal health medicare advantage $92.99 ↑ +79%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $103.79 ↑ +100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $105.80 ↑ +103%
confluence health medicare advantage $611.14 ↑ +1075%

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Hlth bhv assmt/reassessment at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $74.40 $117.64 – $369.14
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $74.40 $117.64 – $357.36
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $147.00 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $74.40 $117.97 – $369.14
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $377.00 $115.69 – $329.87
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $116.40 $121.19 – $277.42
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $113.21 – $288.11
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $117.64 – $489.30

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