Manipulat palm cord post inj 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

$503.37

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.

$987.00

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.

$3.34 with first choice vs $1,181.90 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 $3.34 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $84.91 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage $87.21 ↓ -83%
united healthcare medicare advantage $87.21 ↓ -83%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $87.21 ↓ -83%
optum care network medicare advantage $87.21 ↓ -83%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $87.21 ↓ -83%
signal health medicare advantage $89.22 ↓ -82%
multiplan medicare advantage $89.22 ↓ -82%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $89.22 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $91.61 ↓ -82%
regence medicare advantage $91.62 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $120.17 ↓ -76%
aetna medicare advantage $142.30 ↓ -72%
regence uniform medical plan $147.59 ↓ -71%
premera commercial $174.66 ↓ -65%
cigna commercial $280.37 ↓ -44%
regence commercial $294.65 ↓ -41%
kaiser health plan commercial $313.03 ↓ -38%
aetna commercial $621.81 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $728.80 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $789.60 ↑ +57%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,181.90 ↑ +135%

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Manipulat palm cord post inj at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $285.64 – $1,013.51
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $285.64 – $981.16
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $274.87 – $302.36
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $274.87 – $699.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $286.44 – $1,013.51
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $285.64 – $1,261.49
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $280.91 – $970.38

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