Opn impltj crnl nrv nea&pg 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

$41,934.75

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.

$82,225.00

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.

$18.20 with first choice vs $65,780.00 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
first choice commercial $18.20 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $25.52 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $112.90 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $507.39 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $630.90 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage $650.06 ↓ -98%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $650.06 ↓ -98%
united healthcare medicare advantage $650.06 ↓ -98%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $650.06 ↓ -98%
optum care network medicare advantage $650.06 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $663.85 ↓ -98%
signal health medicare advantage $663.85 ↓ -98%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $663.85 ↓ -98%
regence medicare advantage $680.71 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $796.58 ↓ -98%
regence uniform medical plan $1,125.72 ↓ -97%
premera commercial $1,332.18 ↓ -97%
regence commercial $1,494.00 ↓ -96%
cigna commercial $2,083.19 ↓ -95%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,901.80 ↓ -93%
aetna commercial $8,500.00 ↓ -80%
cigna local plus $60,714.94 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $65,780.00 ↑ +57%

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Opn impltj crnl nrv nea&pg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $154,954.30
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $136,566.89
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $49,082.95 – $53,991.24
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $124,916.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $141,808.26
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $9,574.57 – $170,344.63
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $140,934.70

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