Int hrhc lig 1 hroid without img 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

$3,690.87

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.

$7,237.00

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.

$7.30 with aetna vs $5,343.80 with cigna — 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 $7.30 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $10.07 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $16.86 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $18.75 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $370.31 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $381.81 ↓ -90%
optum care network medicare advantage $381.81 ↓ -90%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $381.81 ↓ -90%
united healthcare medicare advantage $381.81 ↓ -90%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $381.81 ↓ -90%
signal health medicare advantage $388.16 ↓ -89%
multiplan medicare advantage $388.16 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $388.16 ↓ -89%
regence medicare advantage $399.54 ↓ -89%
regence uniform medical plan $637.28 ↓ -83%
coventry - first health commercial $708.96 ↓ -81%
premera commercial $754.16 ↓ -80%
regence commercial $845.77 ↓ -77%
kaiser health plan commercial $886.29 ↓ -76%
confluence health medicare advantage $917.08 ↓ -75%
cigna commercial $1,222.73 ↓ -67%
aetna commercial $4,559.31 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $5,343.80 ↑ +45%

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