Radiation treatment delivery at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$393.21
Cash price 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.
$771.00
Gross charge 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.
$2.03 with aetna vs $485.73 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $2.03 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $4.15 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $5.28 | ↓ -99% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $83.49 | ↓ -79% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $101.38 | ↓ -74% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $119.28 | ↓ -70% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $119.28 | ↓ -70% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $119.28 | ↓ -70% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $119.28 | ↓ -70% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $119.28 | ↓ -70% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $122.85 | ↓ -69% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $144.71 | ↓ -63% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $150.58 | ↓ -62% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $153.79 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $162.04 | ↓ -59% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $241.40 | ↓ -39% |
| premera | commercial | $285.68 | ↓ -27% |
| regence | commercial | $320.38 | ↓ -19% |
| cigna | commercial | $355.50 | ↓ -10% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $362.52 | ↓ -8% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $388.23 | ↓ -1% |
| cigna | local plus | $403.98 | ↑ +3% |
| aetna | commercial | $485.73 | ↑ +24% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $500.64 | $118.15 – $576.74 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $500.64 | $118.15 – $558.33 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $424.00 | $110.00 – $110.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $188.30 | $113.70 – $441.76 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $500.64 | $118.48 – $576.74 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $519.48 | $118.15 – $764.48 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $533.40 | $106.25 – $210.34 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $176.40 | $113.70 – $629.70 |