Penile vascular study 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

$584.46

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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.

$1,146.00

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.

$3.52 with first choice vs $991.74 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 $3.52 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $81.09 ↓ -86%
regence medicare advantage $98.46 ↓ -83%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $115.84 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage $115.84 ↓ -80%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $115.84 ↓ -80%
optum care network medicare advantage $115.84 ↓ -80%
united healthcare medicare advantage $115.84 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $119.31 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $121.63 ↓ -79%
united healthcare commercial $127.66 ↓ -78%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $130.37 ↓ -78%
signal health medicare advantage $134.45 ↓ -77%
regence uniform medical plan $216.39 ↓ -63%
premera commercial $256.07 ↓ -56%
regence commercial $287.18 ↓ -51%
kaiser health plan commercial $316.58 ↓ -46%
cigna commercial $345.25 ↓ -41%
aetna commercial $349.70 ↓ -40%
cigna local plus $392.34 ↓ -33%
coventry - first health commercial $475.56 ↓ -19%
aetna medicare advantage $604.75 ↑ +3%
confluence health medicare advantage $991.74 ↑ +70%

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Penile vascular study at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $240.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $121.06 – $526.78
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $121.06 – $509.96
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,038.10 $116.50 – $403.49
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $259.20 $113.90 – $475.62
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $477.01 $498.80 – $972.72
St. Anne Hospital Burien $330.03 $234.44 – $972.72
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $328.73 $234.44 – $810.60

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