Rmv ntr oi imp sk tc esp<100 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

$1,626.90

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.

$3,190.00

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.

$2.84 with aetna vs $3,640.32 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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $2.84 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $26.97 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $570.35 ↓ -65%
optum care network medicare advantage $577.48 ↓ -65%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $577.48 ↓ -65%
united healthcare medicare advantage $577.48 ↓ -65%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $577.48 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage $577.48 ↓ -65%
signal health medicare advantage $595.00 ↓ -63%
multiplan medicare advantage $595.00 ↓ -63%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $595.00 ↓ -63%
regence medicare advantage $615.37 ↓ -62%
regence uniform medical plan $999.39 ↓ -39%
premera commercial $1,182.68 ↓ -27%
regence commercial $1,326.34 ↓ -18%
cigna commercial $1,883.25 ↑ +16%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,923.57 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $2,009.70 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $2,043.20 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $2,355.50 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $2,552.00 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $3,640.32 ↑ +124%

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Rmv ntr oi imp sk tc esp<100 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $11,510.81
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $8,866.13
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,646.14 – $9,279.41
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,799.57 – $8,435.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,788.94 – $7,009.54
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $9,464.46
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $2,868.15 – $6,745.35

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