Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm 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

$1,136.79

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.

$2,229.00

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.

$6.05 with confluence health vs $1,783.20 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 $6.05 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $8.08 ↓ -99%
first choice commercial $18.58 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $25.99 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $105.00 ↓ -91%
united healthcare commercial $155.74 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $159.00 ↓ -86%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $159.00 ↓ -86%
united healthcare medicare advantage $159.00 ↓ -86%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $159.00 ↓ -86%
optum care network medicare advantage $159.00 ↓ -86%
signal health medicare advantage $161.87 ↓ -86%
multiplan medicare advantage $161.87 ↓ -86%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $161.87 ↓ -86%
regence medicare advantage $168.03 ↓ -85%
regence uniform medical plan $280.80 ↓ -75%
premera commercial $332.30 ↓ -71%
cigna commercial $514.23 ↓ -55%
kaiser health plan commercial $734.27 ↓ -35%
aetna commercial $1,404.27 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $1,560.30 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $1,645.89 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,783.20 ↑ +57%

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Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,897.44 $807.46 – $2,615.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,897.44 $807.46 – $2,532.21
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $290.50 $777.03 – $1,977.54
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,897.44 $809.73 – $2,615.69
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,020.20 $605.30 – $2,526.65
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $717.50 $255.30 – $2,064.73
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $2,734.90 $777.03 – $5,081.00

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