Peritoneogram rs&i 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

$933.81

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.

$1,831.00

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.

$1.65 with first choice vs $1,464.80 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 $1.65 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $5.28 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $47.12 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage $60.63 ↓ -94%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $60.63 ↓ -94%
united healthcare medicare advantage $60.63 ↓ -94%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $60.63 ↓ -94%
optum care network medicare advantage $60.63 ↓ -94%
united healthcare commercial $60.67 ↓ -94%
multiplan medicare advantage $62.39 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $62.39 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $62.39 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $65.46 ↓ -93%
regence uniform medical plan $103.19 ↓ -89%
premera commercial $122.12 ↓ -87%
regence commercial $136.95 ↓ -85%
kaiser health plan commercial $162.90 ↓ -83%
cigna commercial $200.33 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $315.70 ↓ -66%
aetna medicare advantage $531.59 ↓ -43%
aetna commercial $1,153.53 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,352.01 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,464.80 ↑ +57%

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Peritoneogram rs&i at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,670.40 $632.74 – $2,263.43
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,670.40 $632.74 – $2,191.19
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,920.00 $549.00 – $549.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,343.20 $608.89 – $1,733.69
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,670.40 $79.38 – $2,263.43
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,444.10 $488.84 – $1,126.45
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $490.00 $94.66 – $1,882.98
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $4,591.30 $608.89 – $2,381.36

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