Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble 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

$125.46

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.

$246.00

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.

$25.60 with multiplan vs $196.80 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 $25.60 ↓ -80%
regence medicare advantage $31.08 ↓ -75%
humana medicare advantage $36.57 ↓ -71%
united healthcare medicare advantage $36.57 ↓ -71%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $36.57 ↓ -71%
optum care network medicare advantage $36.57 ↓ -71%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $36.57 ↓ -71%
regence commercial $36.57 ↓ -71%
regence uniform medical plan $36.57 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $37.67 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $38.40 ↓ -69%
united healthcare commercial $43.88 ↓ -65%
kaiser health plan commercial $58.51 ↓ -53%
premera commercial $64.00 ↓ -49%
cigna commercial $114.31 ↓ -9%
cigna local plus $129.73 ↑ +3%
aetna commercial $154.98 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $157.56 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $196.80 ↑ +57%

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Mayo receptor assay transferrin soluble at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $214.56 $32.91 – $171.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $214.56 $32.91 – $166.39
Central Medical Center Seattle $164.00 $28.00 – $28.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $179.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $244.30 $36.57 – $131.65
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $214.56 $32.91 – $171.88
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $20.28 $36.57 – $227.83
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $187.60 not published

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