Tbs dxa cal w/i&r fx risk 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.

$13.40 with confluence health vs $187.50 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
confluence health medicare advantage $13.40
united healthcare commercial $45.77
united healthcare medicare advantage $45.85
humana medicare advantage $45.85
humana choicecare medicare advantage $45.85
kaiser foundation hp medicare $45.85
optum care network medicare advantage $45.85
multiplan medicare advantage $47.59
signal health medicare advantage $47.59
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $47.59
regence medicare advantage $49.39
regence uniform medical plan $75.67
premera commercial $89.55
regence commercial $100.43
cigna commercial $151.14
aetna medicare advantage hmo $187.50

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Tbs dxa cal w/i&r fx risk at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $39.00 – $39.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $219.10 $377.57 – $377.57
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $314.30 $175.16 – $175.16
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $138.84 $149.21 – $149.21
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $235.89 $336.71 – $481.02
St. Anne Hospital Burien $163.21 $229.82 – $481.02
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $162.56 $384.82 – $400.85
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $177.02 $384.82 – $400.85

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