St evaluate speech sound production 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

$204.51

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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.

$401.00

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.

$3.28 with first choice vs $320.80 with coventry - first health — 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
first choice commercial $3.28 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $84.62 ↓ -59%
regence medicare advantage $102.76 ↓ -50%
confluence health medicare advantage $110.46 ↓ -46%
united healthcare commercial $117.91 ↓ -42%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $120.89 ↓ -41%
united healthcare medicare advantage $120.89 ↓ -41%
optum care network medicare advantage $120.89 ↓ -41%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $120.89 ↓ -41%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $120.89 ↓ -41%
humana medicare advantage $120.89 ↓ -41%
regence uniform medical plan $120.89 ↓ -41%
regence commercial $120.89 ↓ -41%
signal health medicare advantage $123.47 ↓ -40%
premera commercial $123.47 ↓ -40%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $124.52 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $126.93 ↓ -38%
kaiser health plan commercial $241.80 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $252.63 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $296.10 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $296.10 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $320.80 ↑ +57%

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St evaluate speech sound production at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $278.40 $91.90 – $348.98
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $278.40 $91.90 – $283.66
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $242.55 $114.87 – $126.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $99.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $198.80 $114.87 – $292.34
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $278.40 $91.90 – $255.01
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $251.16 $114.87 – $219.37
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $100.10 not published

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