Rev/rplct hpglsl nstm ary pg 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

$6,458.13

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.

$12,663.00

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.

$13.61 with confluence health vs $13,991.17 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
confluence health medicare advantage $13.61 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $19.93 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $903.42 ↓ -86%
optum care network medicare advantage $919.94 ↓ -86%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $919.94 ↓ -86%
united healthcare medicare advantage $919.94 ↓ -86%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $919.94 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $919.94 ↓ -86%
signal health medicare advantage $942.11 ↓ -85%
multiplan medicare advantage $942.11 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $942.11 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $974.74 ↓ -85%
regence uniform medical plan $1,615.41 ↓ -75%
premera commercial $1,911.68 ↓ -70%
regence commercial $2,143.89 ↓ -67%
cigna commercial $2,983.02 ↓ -54%
kaiser health plan commercial $7,635.79 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $7,977.69 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $8,110.65 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $9,350.36 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $10,130.40 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $13,991.17 ↑ +117%

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Rev/rplct hpglsl nstm ary pg at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $39,199.70
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $30,193.32
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $31,600.76
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $28,725.31
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $9,574.57 – $23,870.78
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $32,230.91
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $12,070.42 – $22,971.08

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