Lift heel adjustable med 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

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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.

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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.

$31.42 with multiplan vs $159.21 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
multiplan medicare advantage $31.42
regence medicare advantage $38.15
regence uniform medical plan $43.83
regence commercial $43.83
kaiser foundation hp medicare $44.88
united healthcare medicare advantage $44.88
humana medicare advantage $44.88
optum care network medicare advantage $44.88
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $44.88
aetna medicare advantage ppo $46.23
aetna medicare advantage hmo $47.12
united healthcare commercial $53.86
premera commercial $116.59
kaiser health plan commercial $126.54
cigna commercial $140.28
cigna local plus $159.21

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Lift heel adjustable med at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $45.78 – $139.08
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $45.78 – $111.96
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $23.20 $43.83 – $190.10
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $23.20 $38.35 – $197.79
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $23.20 $38.35 – $197.79
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $23.20 $39.45 – $83.00
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $23.20 $38.35 – $197.79
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $23.20 $38.35 – $335.99

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →