Piflu f-18, dia 1 millicurie 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

$938.91

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.

$1,841.00

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.

$232.71 with multiplan vs $1,472.80 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
multiplan medicare advantage $232.71 ↓ -75%
regence medicare advantage $282.57 ↓ -70%
optum care network medicare advantage $332.44 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage $332.44 ↓ -65%
united healthcare commercial $332.44 ↓ -65%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $332.44 ↓ -65%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $332.44 ↓ -65%
united healthcare medicare advantage $332.44 ↓ -65%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $342.41 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $349.06 ↓ -63%
regence uniform medical plan $615.12 ↓ -34%
premera commercial $615.12 ↓ -34%
regence commercial $615.12 ↓ -34%
cigna commercial $1,039.11 ↑ +11%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,110.12 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $1,159.83 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $1,179.16 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $1,179.28 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $1,472.80 ↑ +57%

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Piflu f-18, dia 1 millicurie at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $346.49 – $686.57
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $346.49 – $686.57
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,036.40 $346.49 – $2,582.56
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,673.15 $346.35 – $1,230.24
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,088.80 $339.56 – $2,687.02
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,088.80 $339.56 – $2,687.02
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $1,209.20 $339.56 – $892.85
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $1,088.80 $339.56 – $2,687.02

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