Injection,onabotulinumtoxina 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

$14.99

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.

$29.40

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.

$4.55 with multiplan vs $23.52 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 $4.55 ↓ -70%
regence medicare advantage $5.53 ↓ -63%
regence uniform medical plan $6.41 ↓ -57%
regence commercial $6.41 ↓ -57%
premera commercial $6.41 ↓ -57%
humana medicare advantage $6.50 ↓ -57%
united healthcare medicare advantage $6.50 ↓ -57%
united healthcare commercial $6.50 ↓ -57%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $6.50 ↓ -57%
optum care network medicare advantage $6.50 ↓ -57%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $6.50 ↓ -57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $6.70 ↓ -55%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $6.83 ↓ -54%
aetna commercial $12.12 ↓ -19%
kaiser health plan commercial $17.73 ↑ +18%
first choice commercial $18.83 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $20.22 ↑ +35%
cigna local plus $21.71 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $23.52 ↑ +57%

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Injection,onabotulinumtoxina at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,795.36 $6.38 – $16.77
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,795.36 $6.38 – $12.15
Central Medical Center Seattle $890.81 $6.50 – $6.50
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $1,844.98 $6.51 – $7.16
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,844.98 $4.94 – $13.98
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,795.36 $6.38 – $16.77
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,152.63 $6.38 – $41.55
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $1,795.36 $6.51 – $13.07

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