Place slctv cath carotd art uni 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

$15,332.64

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.

$30,064.00

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.

$3.95 with aetna vs $24,051.20 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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $3.95 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $27.11 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $63.50 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $112.37 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $125.50 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $365.53 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage $376.97 ↓ -98%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $376.97 ↓ -98%
united healthcare medicare advantage $376.97 ↓ -98%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $376.97 ↓ -98%
optum care network medicare advantage $376.97 ↓ -98%
signal health medicare advantage $383.72 ↓ -97%
multiplan medicare advantage $383.72 ↓ -97%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $383.72 ↓ -97%
regence medicare advantage $394.39 ↓ -97%
regence uniform medical plan $677.31 ↓ -96%
premera commercial $801.53 ↓ -95%
cigna commercial $1,206.96 ↓ -92%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,741.11 ↓ -89%
regence commercial $5,087.90 ↓ -67%
aetna commercial $12,900.00 ↓ -16%
cigna local plus $19,943.58 ↑ +30%
coventry - first health commercial $24,051.20 ↑ +57%

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Place slctv cath carotd art uni at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $13,549.44 $6,443.62 – $22,383.45
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $13,549.44 $6,443.62 – $21,556.13
Central Medical Center Seattle $19,920.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $17,230.50 $5,419.00 – $15,780.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $13,549.44 $6,461.70 – $22,383.45
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $30,865.80 $4,869.41 – $11,471.40
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $19,982.90 $609.86 – $17,051.86
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $28,025.20 $2,985.00 – $16,276.98

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