Prgrmg dev eval impltbl sys 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

$63.24

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.

$124.00

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.

$2.21 with first choice vs $295.55 with confluence 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 $2.21 ↓ -97%
multiplan medicare advantage $28.43 ↓ -55%
regence medicare advantage $34.53 ↓ -45%
optum care network medicare advantage $40.62 ↓ -36%
humana medicare advantage $40.62 ↓ -36%
united healthcare medicare advantage $40.62 ↓ -36%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $40.62 ↓ -36%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $40.62 ↓ -36%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $41.84 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $42.65 ↓ -33%
premera commercial $74.40 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $74.77 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $78.12 ↑ +24%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $83.84 ↑ +33%
united healthcare commercial $84.15 ↑ +33%
signal health medicare advantage $86.28 ↑ +36%
regence commercial $86.80 ↑ +37%
regence uniform medical plan $86.80 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $91.56 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $91.56 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $99.20 ↑ +57%
confluence health medicare advantage $295.55 ↑ +367%

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Prgrmg dev eval impltbl sys at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $125.76 $43.22 – $170.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $125.76 $43.22 – $164.94
Central Medical Center Seattle $154.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $214.90 $41.59 – $130.50
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $125.76 $43.34 – $170.38
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $79.80 $33.41 – $76.94
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $37.44 $42.50 – $152.25
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $102.40 $26.73 – $179.15

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