Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel hrt ang 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

$788.97

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.

$1,547.00

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.

$1.67 with first choice vs $1,237.60 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
first choice commercial $1.67 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $51.75 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $51.96 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $51.96 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $51.96 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $51.96 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $51.96 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $53.48 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $53.48 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $53.48 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $55.84 ↓ -93%
regence uniform medical plan $95.06 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $105.57 ↓ -87%
premera commercial $112.50 ↓ -86%
regence commercial $126.16 ↓ -84%
cigna commercial $170.89 ↓ -78%
confluence health medicare advantage $204.42 ↓ -74%
kaiser health plan commercial $287.17 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $613.17 ↓ -22%
aetna commercial $974.61 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,142.30 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,237.60 ↑ +57%

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Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel hrt ang at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,660.96 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,660.96 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,155.70 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,660.96 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,094.80 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,128.40 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $144.80 $205.44 – $217.53
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,711.93 $3,871.12 – $5,530.17

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