Oncology tum unknown origin 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

$5,680.38

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.

$11,138.00

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.

$2,625.00 with multiplan vs $8,910.40 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
multiplan medicare advantage $2,625.00 ↓ -54%
regence medicare advantage $3,187.50 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage $3,750.00 ↓ -34%
united healthcare medicare advantage $3,750.00 ↓ -34%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $3,750.00 ↓ -34%
optum care network medicare advantage $3,750.00 ↓ -34%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $3,750.00 ↓ -34%
regence commercial $3,750.00 ↓ -34%
regence uniform medical plan $3,750.00 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $3,862.50 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $3,937.50 ↓ -31%
united healthcare commercial $4,500.00 ↓ -21%
kaiser health plan commercial $6,000.00 ↑ +6%
premera commercial $6,562.50 ↑ +16%
aetna commercial $7,016.94 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $7,133.89 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $8,224.30 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $8,224.30 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $8,910.40 ↑ +57%

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Oncology tum unknown origin at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,375.00 – $11,392.50
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,375.00 – $11,250.00
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $2,316.00 – $2,316.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $3,936.00 $3,675.00 – $7,350.00
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $3,936.00 $3,675.00 – $7,350.00
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $3,148.80 $3,675.00 – $6,798.75
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $3,936.00 $3,675.00 – $7,350.00
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $3,936.00 $3,750.00 – $4,312.50

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