Mayo fibrinogen antigen 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

$23.46

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.

$46.00

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.

$10.12 with multiplan vs $36.80 with coventry - first 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
multiplan medicare advantage $10.12 ↓ -57%
regence medicare advantage $12.29 ↓ -48%
humana medicare advantage $14.46 ↓ -38%
united healthcare medicare advantage $14.46 ↓ -38%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $14.46 ↓ -38%
optum care network medicare advantage $14.46 ↓ -38%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $14.46 ↓ -38%
regence commercial $14.46 ↓ -38%
regence uniform medical plan $14.46 ↓ -38%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $14.89 ↓ -37%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $15.18 ↓ -35%
united healthcare commercial $17.35 ↓ -26%
kaiser health plan commercial $23.14 ↓ -1%
premera commercial $25.31 ↑ +8%
aetna commercial $28.98 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $29.46 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $33.97 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $33.97 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $36.80 ↑ +57%

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Mayo fibrinogen antigen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $59.52 $13.01 – $67.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $59.52 $13.01 – $65.79
Central Medical Center Seattle $65.60 $11.00 – $11.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $59.52 $13.01 – $67.96
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $14.40 $2.52 – $26.22
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $18.40 $14.97 – $25.95
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $67.66 $14.46 – $137.97
St. Anne Hospital Burien $46.82 $14.46 – $137.97

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →