Tprnl balo cntnc dev rmvl ea 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

$1,766.13

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.

$3,463.00

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.

$4.31 with confluence health vs $3,869.60 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 $4.31 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $70.08 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage $194.35 ↓ -89%
united healthcare medicare advantage $194.35 ↓ -89%
optum care network medicare advantage $194.35 ↓ -89%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $194.35 ↓ -89%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $194.35 ↓ -89%
signal health medicare advantage $426.08 ↓ -76%
multiplan medicare advantage $426.08 ↓ -76%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $426.08 ↓ -76%
united healthcare commercial $659.57 ↓ -63%
regence medicare advantage $711.64 ↓ -60%
regence uniform medical plan $1,169.50 ↓ -34%
premera commercial $1,383.99 ↓ -22%
regence commercial $1,552.10 ↓ -12%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,088.19 ↑ +18%
cigna commercial $2,177.86 ↑ +23%
aetna commercial $2,181.69 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $2,218.05 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $2,557.08 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $2,770.40 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $3,869.60 ↑ +119%

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Tprnl balo cntnc dev rmvl ea at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $4,081.89 – $12,400.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $4,081.89 – $9,551.63
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,928.04 – $9,996.87
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $4,093.34 – $9,087.22
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $4,081.89 – $7,551.50
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $10,196.22
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $3,089.07 – $7,266.88

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