Srs linear based 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

$16,511.76

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.

$32,376.00

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.

$0.41 with confluence health vs $23,906.44 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.

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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 $0.41 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $30.77 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $131.67 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $320.82 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $504.53 ↓ -97%
humana medicare advantage $1,100.49 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,100.49 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,100.49 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,100.49 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,100.49 ↓ -93%
united healthcare commercial $1,127.47 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $1,158.62 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $1,158.62 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,158.62 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $1,216.48 ↓ -93%
regence uniform medical plan $1,809.91 ↓ -89%
premera commercial $2,141.85 ↓ -87%
coventry - first health commercial $2,301.26 ↓ -86%
regence commercial $2,402.02 ↓ -85%
kaiser health plan commercial $3,146.81 ↓ -81%
cigna commercial $3,722.83 ↓ -77%
aetna commercial $20,396.88 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $23,906.44 ↑ +45%

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Srs linear based at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $36,225.12 $8,528.93 – $38,679.54
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $36,225.12 $8,528.93 – $37,249.90
Central Medical Center Seattle $26,240.00 $7,645.00 – $7,645.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $9,884.70 $8,207.47 – $24,621.47
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $36,225.12 $3,873.72 – $38,679.54
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $34,338.20 $8,528.93 – $46,463.10
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $12,317.90 $5,344.31 – $15,183.82
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $19,775.70 $1,668.93 – $29,466.34

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →