Io ga n-stim subsq w/reprog 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

$66.30

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.

$130.00

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.

$1.71 with first choice vs $1,288.15 with confluence 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 $1.71 ↓ -97%
multiplan medicare advantage $28.43 ↓ -57%
regence medicare advantage $34.53 ↓ -48%
united healthcare commercial $37.11 ↓ -44%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $38.14 ↓ -42%
united healthcare medicare advantage $38.14 ↓ -42%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $38.14 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage $38.14 ↓ -42%
optum care network medicare advantage $38.14 ↓ -42%
signal health medicare advantage $38.56 ↓ -42%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $38.56 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $41.84 ↓ -37%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $42.65 ↓ -36%
regence uniform medical plan $67.54 ↑ +2%
premera commercial $78.00 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $78.39 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $81.90 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $91.00 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $95.99 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $95.99 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $104.00 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage $705.77 ↑ +965%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,288.15 ↑ +1843%

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Io ga n-stim subsq w/reprog at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $43.22 – $170.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $43.22 – $164.94
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $336.40 $26.73 – $179.15
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $336.40 $27.35 – $179.15
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $336.40 $28.76 – $193.09
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $336.40 $26.73 – $179.15
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $336.40 $27.22 – $275.28
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $336.40 $27.36 – $179.15

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