Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd 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

$46,551.27

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.

$91,277.00

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.

$16.59 with first choice vs $73,021.60 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 $16.59 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $120.65 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $165.20 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $438.93 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $573.94 ↓ -99%
humana medicare advantage $577.07 ↓ -99%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $577.07 ↓ -99%
united healthcare medicare advantage $577.07 ↓ -99%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $577.07 ↓ -99%
optum care network medicare advantage $577.07 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $591.30 ↓ -99%
signal health medicare advantage $591.30 ↓ -99%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $591.30 ↓ -99%
regence medicare advantage $619.25 ↓ -99%
regence uniform medical plan $1,039.41 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,190.62 ↓ -97%
premera commercial $1,230.05 ↓ -97%
regence commercial $1,379.46 ↓ -97%
cigna commercial $1,895.12 ↓ -96%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,658.13 ↓ -94%
aetna commercial $12,900.00 ↓ -72%
cigna local plus $67,398.94 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $73,021.60 ↑ +57%

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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $25,167.84 $7,277.00 – $157,216.46
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $25,167.84 $7,277.00 – $151,405.58
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $92,789.90 $5,419.00 – $100,076.18
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $25,167.84 $7,277.00 – $157,216.46
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $57,387.40 $956.96 – $119,768.59
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $34,932.56 $7,246.00 – $122,351.21
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $29,406.00 $16,879.37 – $142,739.67

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