Influenza dna amp prob addl 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

$59.67

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.

$117.00

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.

$20.45 with multiplan vs $93.60 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 $20.45 ↓ -66%
regence medicare advantage $24.84 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage $29.22 ↓ -51%
united healthcare medicare advantage $29.22 ↓ -51%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $29.22 ↓ -51%
optum care network medicare advantage $29.22 ↓ -51%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $29.22 ↓ -51%
regence commercial $29.22 ↓ -51%
regence uniform medical plan $29.22 ↓ -51%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $30.10 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $30.68 ↓ -49%
united healthcare commercial $35.06 ↓ -41%
kaiser health plan commercial $46.75 ↓ -22%
premera commercial $51.14 ↓ -14%
aetna commercial $73.71 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $74.94 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $86.39 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $86.39 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $93.60 ↑ +57%

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Influenza dna amp prob addl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $131.20 $22.00 – $22.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $26.30 – $137.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $26.30 – $132.95
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $104.80 $4.89 – $52.98
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $52.00 $5.00 – $57.27
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $52.00 $5.12 – $57.27
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $81.60 $5.38 – $52.98
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $52.00 $5.00 – $57.27

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