L hrt cath chd nm/abn nt cnj 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

$1,665.66

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.

$3,266.00

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.

$266.13 with united healthcare vs $3,678.76 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
united healthcare medicare advantage $266.13 ↓ -84%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $266.13 ↓ -84%
humana medicare advantage $266.13 ↓ -84%
optum care network medicare advantage $266.13 ↓ -84%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $266.13 ↓ -84%
united healthcare commercial $270.78 ↓ -84%
signal health medicare advantage $273.75 ↓ -84%
multiplan medicare advantage $273.75 ↓ -84%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $273.75 ↓ -84%
regence medicare advantage $292.15 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $458.75 ↓ -72%
regence uniform medical plan $484.06 ↓ -71%
premera commercial $572.84 ↓ -66%
regence commercial $642.42 ↓ -61%
cigna commercial $894.09 ↓ -46%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,969.40 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $2,057.58 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $2,091.87 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $2,411.61 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $2,612.80 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $3,678.76 ↑ +121%

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L hrt cath chd nm/abn nt cnj at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,754.12 – $11,405.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,754.12 – $8,784.65
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $8,110.90 $3,612.63 – $9,194.14
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $6,869.20 $1,596.86 – $13,165.15
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $7,559.20 $1,633.37 – $15,562.01
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $7,559.20 $1,671.14 – $15,562.01
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $7,860.40 $1,757.77 – $16,772.88
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $7,559.20 $1,633.37 – $15,562.01

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