Nsl/sins ndsc med&inf dcmprn 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

$7,313.40

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$14,340.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$11.58 with confluence health vs $10,588.66 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
confluence health medicare advantage $11.58 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $30.05 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $31.36 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $31.96 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $44.96 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $1,131.17 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage $1,139.70 ↓ -84%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,139.70 ↓ -84%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,139.70 ↓ -84%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,139.70 ↓ -84%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,139.70 ↓ -84%
signal health medicare advantage $1,174.39 ↓ -84%
multiplan medicare advantage $1,174.39 ↓ -84%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,174.39 ↓ -84%
regence medicare advantage $1,220.47 ↓ -83%
regence uniform medical plan $2,014.41 ↓ -72%
premera commercial $2,383.86 ↓ -67%
regence commercial $2,673.43 ↓ -63%
coventry - first health commercial $2,846.72 ↓ -61%
cigna commercial $3,735.03 ↓ -49%
kaiser health plan commercial $4,861.49 ↓ -34%
aetna commercial $9,034.20 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $10,588.66 ↑ +45%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Nsl/sins ndsc med&inf dcmprn at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $26,494.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $25,515.29
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $7,864.44 – $8,650.88
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $20,015.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $26,494.55
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $8,172.47 – $31,826.11
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,443.00 – $26,331.34

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →