Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy 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

$1,105.17

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.

$2,167.00

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.

$206.16 with multiplan vs $1,733.60 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 $206.16 ↓ -81%
regence medicare advantage $250.34 ↓ -77%
humana medicare advantage $294.52 ↓ -73%
united healthcare medicare advantage $294.52 ↓ -73%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $294.52 ↓ -73%
optum care network medicare advantage $294.52 ↓ -73%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $294.52 ↓ -73%
regence commercial $294.52 ↓ -73%
regence uniform medical plan $294.52 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $303.36 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $309.25 ↓ -72%
united healthcare commercial $353.42 ↓ -68%
kaiser health plan commercial $471.23 ↓ -57%
premera commercial $515.41 ↓ -53%
cigna commercial $920.58 ↓ -17%
cigna local plus $1,044.77 ↓ -5%
aetna commercial $1,328.29 ↑ +20%
first choice commercial $1,387.96 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $1,733.60 ↑ +57%

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Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $815.04 $265.07 – $894.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $815.04 $265.07 – $883.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $763.20 $182.00 – $182.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $815.04 $265.07 – $653.83
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $815.04 $294.52 – $1,178.08
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,022.00 $294.52 – $544.86
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $882.96 $294.52 – $683.29
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,301.20 $80.58 – $533.96

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