Repos sq defib eltrd 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

$5,781.87

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.

$11,337.00

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.

$11.71 with first choice vs $9,069.60 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
first choice commercial $11.71 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $172.11 ↓ -97%
confluence health medicare advantage $272.62 ↓ -95%
united healthcare commercial $406.22 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $414.94 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $414.94 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $414.94 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $414.94 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $414.94 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $426.12 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $426.12 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $426.12 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $438.29 ↓ -92%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $675.31 ↓ -88%
regence uniform medical plan $737.35 ↓ -87%
premera commercial $872.58 ↓ -85%
regence commercial $978.57 ↓ -83%
cigna commercial $1,341.31 ↓ -77%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,891.10 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $2,448.56 ↓ -58%
aetna commercial $7,142.31 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $8,371.24 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $9,069.60 ↑ +57%

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Repos sq defib eltrd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,626.56 $4,327.36 – $14,024.85
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,626.56 $4,327.36 – $13,577.25
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,067.90 $4,164.26 – $10,598.04
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,626.56 $4,339.50 – $14,024.85
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,275.35 $3,247.93 – $15,792.93
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,574.25 $2,216.84 – $4,639.90
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,568.03 $3,711.92 – $9,117.55

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