Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$366.69

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.

$719.00

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.

$99.84 with multiplan vs $575.20 with coventry - first health — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $99.84 ↓ -73%
regence medicare advantage $121.24 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $142.63 ↓ -61%
united healthcare medicare advantage $142.63 ↓ -61%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $142.63 ↓ -61%
optum care network medicare advantage $142.63 ↓ -61%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $142.63 ↓ -61%
regence commercial $142.63 ↓ -61%
regence uniform medical plan $142.63 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $146.91 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $149.76 ↓ -59%
united healthcare commercial $171.16 ↓ -53%
kaiser health plan commercial $228.21 ↓ -38%
premera commercial $249.60 ↓ -32%
cigna commercial $445.82 ↑ +22%
aetna commercial $452.97 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $460.52 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $505.96 ↑ +38%
coventry - first health commercial $575.20 ↑ +57%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $681.12 $128.37 – $670.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $681.12 $128.37 – $648.97
Central Medical Center Seattle $342.40 $108.00 – $108.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $521.01 $142.63 – $156.89
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $437.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $739.90 $142.63 – $513.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $681.12 $128.37 – $670.36
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $511.70 not published

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