Pelvic ring fracture uni/bil 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

$3,814.29

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.

$7,479.00

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.

$31.33 with first choice vs $5,522.49 with cigna — 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 $31.33 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $90.30 ↓ -98%
confluence health medicare advantage $162.02 ↓ -96%
aetna medicare advantage $857.70 ↓ -78%
cigna commercial $963.29 ↓ -75%
united healthcare commercial $1,119.24 ↓ -71%
humana medicare advantage $1,149.60 ↓ -70%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,149.60 ↓ -70%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,149.60 ↓ -70%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,149.60 ↓ -70%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,149.60 ↓ -70%
aetna commercial $1,159.15 ↓ -70%
signal health medicare advantage $1,172.40 ↓ -69%
multiplan medicare advantage $1,172.40 ↓ -69%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,172.40 ↓ -69%
regence medicare advantage $1,207.60 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,237.10 ↓ -68%
regence uniform medical plan $1,993.78 ↓ -48%
premera commercial $2,359.44 ↓ -38%
coventry - first health commercial $2,598.34 ↓ -32%
regence commercial $2,646.04 ↓ -31%
kaiser health plan commercial $4,509.84 ↑ +18%
cigna local plus $5,522.49 ↑ +45%

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Pelvic ring fracture uni/bil at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $29,132.10
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $28,055.35
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,920.09 – $8,894.51
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $8,085.92 – $20,578.67
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $29,132.10
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $8,402.62 – $34,994.41
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $3,304.00 – $28,952.64

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