Team conf without pat by hc pro 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

$72.42

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.

$142.00

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.

$1.05 with first choice vs $1,037.89 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
first choice commercial $1.05 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $36.18 ↓ -50%
humana medicare advantage $36.44 ↓ -50%
united healthcare medicare advantage $36.44 ↓ -50%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $36.44 ↓ -50%
optum care network medicare advantage $36.44 ↓ -50%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $36.44 ↓ -50%
signal health medicare advantage $37.50 ↓ -48%
multiplan medicare advantage $37.50 ↓ -48%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $37.50 ↓ -48%
regence medicare advantage $39.04 ↓ -46%
regence uniform medical plan $65.04 ↓ -10%
premera commercial $76.97 ↑ +6%
kaiser health plan commercial $85.63 ↑ +18%
regence commercial $86.32 ↑ +19%
cigna commercial $89.22 ↑ +23%
aetna commercial $89.46 ↑ +24%
coventry - first health commercial $97.81 ↑ +35%
cigna local plus $104.85 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $159.93 ↑ +121%
aetna medicare advantage $347.72 ↑ +380%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $470.17 ↑ +549%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,037.89 ↑ +1333%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $51.52 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $84.70 not published
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $34.84 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $60.86 – $60.86
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley not published $70.29 – $74.42
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn not published $71.90 – $77.65
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup not published $73.56 – $79.44
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia not published $77.37 – $114.63

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