Ins cath ren art 1st bi 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

$4,854.18

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.

$9,518.00

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.

$9.55 with aetna vs $7,614.40 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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $9.55 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $44.89 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $50.50 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $54.30 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $62.14 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $351.03 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $356.35 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $356.35 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $356.35 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $356.35 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $356.35 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $365.66 ↓ -92%
multiplan medicare advantage $365.66 ↓ -92%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $365.66 ↓ -92%
regence medicare advantage $378.74 ↓ -92%
regence uniform medical plan $650.42 ↓ -87%
premera commercial $769.70 ↓ -84%
cigna commercial $1,159.06 ↓ -76%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,789.68 ↓ -63%
regence commercial $3,463.59 ↓ -29%
aetna commercial $5,996.34 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $7,028.09 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $7,614.40 ↑ +57%

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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,238.24 $3,656.33 – $13,496.13
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,238.24 $3,656.33 – $12,997.30
Central Medical Center Seattle $7,280.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,067.90 $3,518.52 – $8,954.64
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,238.24 $3,666.59 – $13,496.13
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $13,216.70 $2,824.42 – $6,509.26
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $12,764.50 $600.67 – $10,281.45
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $16,403.10 $2,985.00 – $9,236.12

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