Njx aa&/strd nrv nrvtg si jt 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

$1,006.23

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.

$1,973.00

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.

$4.72 with confluence health vs $1,578.40 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
confluence health medicare advantage $4.72 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $6.58 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $36.31 ↓ -96%
united healthcare commercial $84.06 ↓ -92%
united healthcare medicare advantage $86.60 ↓ -91%
optum care network medicare advantage $86.60 ↓ -91%
humana medicare advantage $86.60 ↓ -91%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $86.60 ↓ -91%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $86.60 ↓ -91%
signal health medicare advantage $88.02 ↓ -91%
multiplan medicare advantage $88.02 ↓ -91%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $88.02 ↓ -91%
regence medicare advantage $90.69 ↓ -91%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $92.06 ↓ -91%
regence uniform medical plan $150.72 ↓ -85%
premera commercial $178.36 ↓ -82%
cigna commercial $277.55 ↓ -72%
regence commercial $566.06 ↓ -44%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,189.72 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $1,242.99 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,456.86 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,578.40 ↑ +57%

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Njx aa&/strd nrv nrvtg si jt at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,047.68 $817.40 – $2,937.74
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,047.68 $817.40 – $2,843.98
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $963.90 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,575.70 $786.59 – $2,001.88
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,047.68 $819.70 – $2,937.74
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,488.24 $817.40 – $3,656.54
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,127.70 not published

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