Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn 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

$47.43

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.

$93.00

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.

$7.23 with multiplan vs $74.40 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 $7.23 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $8.78 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage $10.33 ↓ -78%
united healthcare medicare advantage $10.33 ↓ -78%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $10.33 ↓ -78%
optum care network medicare advantage $10.33 ↓ -78%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $10.33 ↓ -78%
regence commercial $10.33 ↓ -78%
regence uniform medical plan $10.33 ↓ -78%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $10.64 ↓ -78%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $10.85 ↓ -77%
united healthcare commercial $12.40 ↓ -74%
kaiser health plan commercial $16.53 ↓ -65%
premera commercial $18.08 ↓ -62%
cigna commercial $32.29 ↓ -32%
cigna local plus $36.64 ↓ -23%
aetna commercial $46.59 ↓ -2%
first choice commercial $59.57 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $74.40 ↑ +57%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $65.28 $9.30 – $48.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $65.28 $9.30 – $47.00
Central Medical Center Seattle $88.80 $8.00 – $8.00
Navos Multi-Treatment Center Seattle $20.80 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $73.50 $10.33 – $11.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $114.80 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $94.50 $10.33 – $37.19
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $65.28 $9.30 – $48.55

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