I&d vag hemtma obst/postpart 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

$2,026.74

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.

$3,974.00

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.

$5.32 with first choice vs $2,934.40 with cigna — 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 $5.32 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $10.18 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $192.76 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $194.93 ↓ -90%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $194.93 ↓ -90%
united healthcare medicare advantage $194.93 ↓ -90%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $194.93 ↓ -90%
optum care network medicare advantage $194.93 ↓ -90%
signal health medicare advantage $200.96 ↓ -90%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $200.96 ↓ -90%
multiplan medicare advantage $200.96 ↓ -90%
regence medicare advantage $207.97 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage $241.56 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $323.18 ↓ -84%
regence uniform medical plan $341.47 ↓ -83%
premera commercial $404.09 ↓ -80%
coventry - first health commercial $436.63 ↓ -78%
regence commercial $453.18 ↓ -78%
cigna commercial $636.47 ↓ -69%
kaiser health plan commercial $749.22 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $861.56 ↓ -57%
aetna commercial $2,503.62 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $2,934.40 ↑ +45%

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I&d vag hemtma obst/postpart at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,553.28 $3,363.63 – $11,292.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,553.28 $3,363.63 – $10,875.59
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,865.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,115.90 $3,236.85 – $8,237.79
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,553.28 $3,373.07 – $11,292.99
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $5,967.52 $3,363.63 – $13,565.51
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,520.60 not published

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