Hlth bhv ivntj fam without pt ea 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

$8.67

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.

$17.00

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.

$0.84 with first choice vs $1,085.13 with aetna — 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 $0.84 ↓ -90%
premera commercial $10.20 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $10.25 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $10.71 ↑ +24%
regence uniform medical plan $11.90 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $11.90 ↑ +37%
cigna commercial $12.55 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $12.55 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $13.60 ↑ +57%
humana medicare advantage $27.33 ↑ +215%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $27.33 ↑ +215%
united healthcare medicare advantage $27.33 ↑ +215%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $27.33 ↑ +215%
optum care network medicare advantage $27.33 ↑ +215%
united healthcare commercial $27.40 ↑ +216%
multiplan medicare advantage $28.13 ↑ +224%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $28.13 ↑ +224%
signal health medicare advantage $28.13 ↑ +224%
regence medicare advantage $29.56 ↑ +241%
confluence health medicare advantage $173.19 ↑ +1898%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,085.13 ↑ +12416%

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Hlth bhv ivntj fam without pt ea at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $81.20 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $45.33 – $45.33
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley not published $49.73 – $49.73
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima not published $35.92 – $37.31
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $30.22 – $34.54
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia not published $32.08 – $41.45
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington not published $30.22 – $34.54
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma not published $82.06 – $82.06

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