Mgmt promoter methylation analysis 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

$209.61

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.

$411.00

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.

$87.25 with multiplan vs $328.80 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 $87.25 ↓ -58%
regence medicare advantage $105.94 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage $124.64 ↓ -41%
united healthcare medicare advantage $124.64 ↓ -41%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $124.64 ↓ -41%
optum care network medicare advantage $124.64 ↓ -41%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $124.64 ↓ -41%
regence commercial $124.64 ↓ -41%
regence uniform medical plan $124.64 ↓ -41%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $128.38 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $130.87 ↓ -38%
united healthcare commercial $149.57 ↓ -29%
kaiser health plan commercial $199.42 ↓ -5%
premera commercial $218.12 ↑ +4%
aetna commercial $258.93 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $263.25 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $303.48 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $303.48 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $328.80 ↑ +57%

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Mgmt promoter methylation analysis at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $230.40 $112.18 – $378.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $230.40 $112.18 – $373.92
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $77.00 – $77.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $230.40 $112.18 – $276.70
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $778.56 $124.64 – $498.56
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $389.90 $124.64 – $230.58
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $276.50 $124.64 – $230.58
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $249.60 $124.64 – $289.16

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