Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$17,995.86

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.

$35,286.00

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.

$9.74 with first choice vs $28,228.80 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 $9.74 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $219.84 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $234.65 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $331.71 ↓ -98%
optum care network medicare advantage $337.42 ↓ -98%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $337.42 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage $337.42 ↓ -98%
united healthcare medicare advantage $337.42 ↓ -98%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $337.42 ↓ -98%
signal health medicare advantage $345.74 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $345.74 ↓ -98%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $345.74 ↓ -98%
regence medicare advantage $357.90 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $597.91 ↓ -97%
regence uniform medical plan $610.39 ↓ -97%
premera commercial $722.34 ↓ -96%
regence commercial $810.08 ↓ -95%
cigna commercial $1,095.28 ↓ -94%
kaiser health plan commercial $21,277.46 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $22,230.18 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $26,055.18 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $28,228.80 ↑ +57%

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,558.40 $7,277.00 – $138,899.85
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,558.40 $7,277.00 – $133,765.98
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $106,311.80 $5,419.00 – $88,416.74
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,558.40 $7,277.00 – $138,899.85
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $83,503.00 $563.96 – $105,814.88
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $43,533.88 $7,246.00 – $108,096.60
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $52,162.24 $3,484.00 – $134,051.19

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →