Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$93.33
Cash price 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.
$183.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.49 with first choice vs $611.71 with aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| first choice | commercial | $0.49 | ↓ -99% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $16.67 | ↓ -82% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $16.67 | ↓ -82% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $16.67 | ↓ -82% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $16.67 | ↓ -82% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $16.67 | ↓ -82% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $17.29 | ↓ -81% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $17.97 | ↓ -81% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $17.97 | ↓ -81% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $17.97 | ↓ -81% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $18.65 | ↓ -80% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $28.77 | ↓ -69% |
| premera | commercial | $34.04 | ↓ -64% |
| regence | commercial | $38.18 | ↓ -59% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $51.76 | ↓ -45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $52.77 | ↓ -43% |
| cigna | commercial | $57.09 | ↓ -39% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $61.30 | ↓ -34% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $61.84 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | commercial | $115.29 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $135.13 | ↑ +45% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $141.98 | ↑ +52% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $611.71 | ↑ +555% |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $83.04 | $54.22 – $179.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $83.04 | $54.22 – $173.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $149.10 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $78.40 | $52.18 – $137.20 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $83.04 | $54.38 – $179.12 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $119.08 | $54.22 – $237.43 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $161.00 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $50.40 | $53.33 – $171.50 |