Rotavirus antibody 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

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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.

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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.

$12.76 with multiplan vs $82.22 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
multiplan medicare advantage $12.76
regence medicare advantage $15.50
regence uniform medical plan $18.23
united healthcare medicare advantage $18.23
kaiser foundation hp medicare $18.23
optum care network medicare advantage $18.23
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $18.23
regence commercial $18.23
humana medicare advantage $18.23
aetna medicare advantage ppo $18.78
aetna medicare advantage hmo $19.14
united healthcare commercial $21.88
kaiser health plan commercial $29.17
premera commercial $31.90
cigna commercial $56.98
cigna local plus $64.67
aetna commercial $82.22

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Rotavirus antibody at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $81.60 $14.00 – $14.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $16.41 – $85.68
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $16.41 – $82.95
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $37.20 $18.86 – $32.72
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $18.23 – $20.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $18.23 – $65.63
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $16.41 – $85.68
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $18.23 – $113.57

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →