Prep skn trk/ext adl 100cm2 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

$311.10

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.

$610.00

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.

$2.12 with first choice vs $3,443.39 with aetna — 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 $2.12 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $45.69 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage $45.89 ↓ -85%
united healthcare medicare advantage $45.89 ↓ -85%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $45.89 ↓ -85%
optum care network medicare advantage $45.89 ↓ -85%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $45.89 ↓ -85%
signal health medicare advantage $47.51 ↓ -85%
multiplan medicare advantage $47.51 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $47.51 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $49.29 ↓ -84%
confluence health medicare advantage $53.09 ↓ -83%
regence uniform medical plan $83.80 ↓ -73%
premera commercial $99.17 ↓ -68%
cigna commercial $150.85 ↓ -52%
regence commercial $172.64 ↓ -45%
coventry - first health commercial $182.36 ↓ -41%
kaiser health plan commercial $219.56 ↓ -29%
aetna commercial $384.30 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $450.42 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,039.76 ↑ +234%
aetna medicare advantage $1,536.34 ↑ +394%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $3,443.39 ↑ +1007%

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Prep skn trk/ext adl 100cm2 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $400.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $400.80 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $453.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,665.20 $13,212.00 – $13,212.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $400.80 $9,339.00 – $9,339.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $545.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,260.00 $6,522.00 – $6,522.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,514.10 $76.88 – $76.88

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