Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes 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

$78.03

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.

$153.00

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.

$1.13 with first choice vs $1,900.43 with confluence 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 $1.13 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $27.71 ↓ -64%
regence medicare advantage $33.65 ↓ -57%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $39.59 ↓ -49%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $39.59 ↓ -49%
optum care network medicare advantage $39.59 ↓ -49%
regence uniform medical plan $39.59 ↓ -49%
regence commercial $39.59 ↓ -49%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $39.59 ↓ -49%
united healthcare medicare advantage $39.59 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage $39.59 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $40.78 ↓ -48%
united healthcare commercial $40.82 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $41.57 ↓ -47%
signal health medicare advantage $41.96 ↓ -46%
premera commercial $41.96 ↓ -46%
cigna commercial $42.76 ↓ -45%
coventry - first health commercial $84.29 ↑ +8%
kaiser health plan commercial $92.26 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $96.39 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $112.98 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $1,015.88 ↑ +1202%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,900.43 ↑ +2336%

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Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $105.12 $28.99 – $110.10
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $105.12 $28.99 – $121.26
Central Medical Center Seattle $139.20 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $99.72 $36.24 – $39.86
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $46.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $108.50 $36.24 – $92.23
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $105.12 $28.99 – $80.45
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $70.20 $36.24 – $93.78

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