Metoclopramide in d5w IV syringe 0.2 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$2.16

Cash price

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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.

$4.24

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.

$2.16 with aetna vs $3.39 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
aetna commercial $2.16 ↑ +0%
premera commercial $2.54 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $2.56 ↑ +19%
first choice commercial $2.72 ↑ +26%
regence commercial $2.97 ↑ +38%
regence uniform medical plan $2.97 ↑ +38%
cigna local plus $3.13 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $3.13 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $3.39 ↑ +57%

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Metoclopramide in d5w IV syringe 0.2 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $36.04 $1.36 – $2.08
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $36.04 $1.36 – $2.08
Central Medical Center Seattle $0.86 $1.00 – $1.00
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $70.66 $2.92 – $2.92
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $70.66 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $70.66 $1.36 – $2.26
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $36.04 $1.36 – $2.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $41.55 $2.85 – $7.21

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →