N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta 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

$1,398.93

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.

$2,743.00

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.

$775.76 with multiplan vs $3,747.06 with united healthcare — 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 $775.76 ↓ -45%
regence medicare advantage $941.99 ↓ -33%
humana medicare advantage $1,018.42 ↓ -27%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,018.42 ↓ -27%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,018.42 ↓ -27%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,018.42 ↓ -27%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,018.42 ↓ -27%
signal health medicare advantage $1,095.85 ↓ -22%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,095.85 ↓ -22%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,141.47 ↓ -18%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,163.64 ↓ -17%
premera commercial $1,645.80 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,654.03 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $1,728.09 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $1,756.89 ↑ +26%
regence uniform medical plan $1,920.10 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $1,920.10 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $2,025.43 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $2,025.43 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $2,194.40 ↑ +57%
united healthcare commercial $3,747.06 ↑ +168%

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N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,633.28 $994.41 – $3,021.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,633.28 $994.41 – $2,326.92
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $1,018.00 – $1,018.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,021.60 $956.93 – $2,435.39
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,633.28 $997.20 – $2,213.79
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,755.52 $977.94 – $3,797.92
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $2,438.00 $262.45 – $4,437.63
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,194.83 $3,132.99 – $4,475.70

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