Msh6 gene dup/delete variant 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

$360.57

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.

$707.00

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.

$166.60 with multiplan vs $565.60 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 $166.60 ↓ -54%
regence medicare advantage $202.30 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage $238.00 ↓ -34%
united healthcare medicare advantage $238.00 ↓ -34%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $238.00 ↓ -34%
optum care network medicare advantage $238.00 ↓ -34%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $238.00 ↓ -34%
regence commercial $238.00 ↓ -34%
regence uniform medical plan $238.00 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $245.14 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $249.90 ↓ -31%
united healthcare commercial $285.60 ↓ -21%
kaiser health plan commercial $380.80 ↑ +6%
premera commercial $416.50 ↑ +16%
aetna commercial $445.41 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $452.83 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $522.05 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $522.05 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $565.60 ↑ +57%

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Msh6 gene dup/delete variant at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $941.28 $214.20 – $723.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $941.28 $214.20 – $714.00
Central Medical Center Seattle $740.00 $147.00 – $147.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $941.28 $214.20 – $528.36
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $941.28 $238.00 – $952.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,031.80 $238.00 – $440.30
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $332.50 $238.00 – $440.30
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $276.40 $82.42 – $466.48

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