Therapy nutrition individual reassessment/intervention f2f w/patient each 15 minutes 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

$59.67

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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.

$117.00

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.

$0.93 with first choice vs $858.13 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

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 $0.93 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $20.94 ↓ -65%
regence medicare advantage $25.42 ↓ -57%
united healthcare commercial $29.05 ↓ -51%
optum care network medicare advantage $29.66 ↓ -50%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $29.66 ↓ -50%
humana medicare advantage $29.66 ↓ -50%
united healthcare medicare advantage $29.66 ↓ -50%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $29.66 ↓ -50%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $29.91 ↓ -50%
signal health medicare advantage $30.12 ↓ -50%
regence uniform medical plan $30.44 ↓ -49%
premera commercial $30.44 ↓ -49%
regence commercial $30.44 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $30.81 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $31.41 ↓ -47%
coventry - first health commercial $69.43 ↑ +16%
kaiser health plan commercial $70.55 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $73.71 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $86.39 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $86.39 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $251.53 ↑ +322%
aetna medicare advantage $858.13 ↑ +1338%

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Therapy nutrition individual reassessment/intervention f2f w/patient each 15 minutes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $96.48 $18.01 – $68.39
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $96.48 $18.01 – $87.70
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $30.10 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $96.60 $22.51 – $57.29
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $96.48 $18.01 – $55.54
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $37.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $60.90 $22.51 – $41.64
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $81.20 $22.51 – $54.08

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