Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit 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

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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.

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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.

$88.04 with multiplan vs $387.70 with kaiser health plan — 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 $88.04
regence medicare advantage $106.90
cigna local plus $125.77
united healthcare medicare advantage $125.77
united healthcare commercial $125.77
humana medicare advantage $125.77
cigna commercial $125.77
kaiser foundation hp medicare $125.77
optum care network medicare advantage $125.77
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $125.77
aetna medicare advantage ppo $129.54
regence commercial $130.88
premera commercial $130.88
regence uniform medical plan $130.88
aetna medicare advantage hmo $132.06
kaiser health plan commercial $387.70

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Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $128.16 $144.26 – $562.26
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $128.16 $144.26 – $530.67
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $273.70 $144.26 – $158.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $273.70 $144.26 – $454.86
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $128.16 $144.26 – $562.26
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $128.16 $144.26 – $518.04
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,029.70 $144.26 – $494.03
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $253.40 $144.26 – $378.68

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