Set radiation therapy field at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$623.73
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.
$1,223.00
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.
$6.90 with confluence health vs $903.06 with cigna — 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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| confluence health | medicare advantage | $6.90 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $13.75 | ↓ -98% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $279.13 | ↓ -55% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $280.78 | ↓ -55% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $333.28 | ↓ -47% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $338.94 | ↓ -46% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $398.76 | ↓ -36% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $398.76 | ↓ -36% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $398.76 | ↓ -36% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $398.76 | ↓ -36% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $398.76 | ↓ -36% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $400.05 | ↓ -36% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $509.28 | ↓ -18% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $519.71 | ↓ -17% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $530.36 | ↓ -15% |
| premera | commercial | $733.80 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $737.47 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $770.49 | ↑ +24% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $826.15 | ↑ +32% |
| regence | commercial | $856.10 | ↑ +37% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $881.69 | ↑ +41% |
| cigna | local plus | $903.06 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $903.06 | ↑ +45% |
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Set radiation therapy field at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,388.16 | $433.59 – $1,575.25 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,388.16 | $433.59 – $1,524.98 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,760.00 | $367.00 – $367.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $746.90 | $417.24 – $1,206.58 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,388.16 | $434.80 – $1,575.25 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,489.60 | $327.41 – $771.90 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $918.40 | $417.24 – $1,310.48 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $551.60 | $417.24 – $1,836.43 |