Myocrd img pet 2rtracer 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

$4,225.86

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.

$8,286.00

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.

$6.90 with aetna vs $7,695.74 with confluence 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 medicare advantage hmo $6.90 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $19.71 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $751.93 ↓ -82%
multiplan medicare advantage $782.13 ↓ -81%
signal health medicare advantage $782.13 ↓ -81%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $782.13 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage $785.67 ↓ -81%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $785.67 ↓ -81%
united healthcare medicare advantage $785.67 ↓ -81%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $785.67 ↓ -81%
optum care network medicare advantage $785.67 ↓ -81%
regence medicare advantage $811.29 ↓ -81%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,081.66 ↓ -74%
regence uniform medical plan $1,232.66 ↓ -71%
premera commercial $1,458.74 ↓ -65%
regence commercial $1,635.93 ↓ -61%
cigna commercial $2,482.83 ↓ -41%
kaiser health plan commercial $4,996.46 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $5,220.18 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $6,118.38 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $6,628.80 ↑ +57%
confluence health medicare advantage $7,695.74 ↑ +82%

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Myocrd img pet 2rtracer at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,960.64 $1,757.40 – $12,927.35
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,960.64 $1,757.40 – $12,514.78
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $1,851.00 – $1,851.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $14,051.10 $1,691.16 – $9,901.80
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,960.64 $351.26 – $12,927.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $9,723.00 $1,691.16 – $13,566.61
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $550.16 $1,728.28 – $11,552.10
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,757.40 – $17,135.62

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