Intermediate visual field xm 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

$93.84

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.

$184.00

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.

$0.41 with confluence health vs $782.51 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.

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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
confluence health medicare advantage $0.41 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $1.38 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $45.29 ↓ -52%
united healthcare commercial $51.84 ↓ -45%
humana medicare advantage $52.72 ↓ -44%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $52.72 ↓ -44%
united healthcare medicare advantage $52.72 ↓ -44%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $52.72 ↓ -44%
optum care network medicare advantage $52.72 ↓ -44%
signal health medicare advantage $54.66 ↓ -42%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $54.66 ↓ -42%
regence medicare advantage $54.99 ↓ -41%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $66.64 ↓ -29%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $67.93 ↓ -28%
regence uniform medical plan $86.93 ↓ -7%
premera commercial $102.87 ↑ +10%
kaiser health plan commercial $110.95 ↑ +18%
regence commercial $115.37 ↑ +23%
aetna commercial $115.92 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $135.87 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $135.87 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $147.20 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage $782.51 ↑ +734%

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Intermediate visual field xm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $68.31 – $258.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $68.31 – $250.30
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $65.74 – $72.31
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $65.74 – $198.04
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $68.50 – $258.55
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $68.31 – $342.71
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $67.18 – $247.55
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $54.20 – $121.61

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