Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 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

$108.12

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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.

$212.00

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.

$1.61 with first choice vs $332.73 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 $1.61 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $41.36 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $41.99 ↓ -61%
cigna commercial $48.80 ↓ -55%
regence medicare advantage $50.23 ↓ -54%
united healthcare commercial $57.85 ↓ -46%
optum care network medicare advantage $59.09 ↓ -45%
united healthcare medicare advantage $59.09 ↓ -45%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $59.09 ↓ -45%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $59.09 ↓ -45%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $59.09 ↓ -45%
humana medicare advantage $59.09 ↓ -45%
signal health medicare advantage $60.40 ↓ -44%
premera commercial $60.40 ↓ -44%
regence commercial $60.40 ↓ -44%
regence uniform medical plan $60.40 ↓ -44%
aetna commercial $60.65 ↓ -44%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $62.04 ↓ -43%
coventry - first health commercial $66.64 ↓ -38%
kaiser health plan commercial $127.84 ↑ +18%
confluence health medicare advantage $139.69 ↑ +29%
cigna local plus $156.54 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $332.73 ↑ +208%

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Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 minutes at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $288.96 $50.06 – $190.09
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $288.96 $50.06 – $171.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $288.96 $50.06 – $138.91
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $124.60 $54.23 – $115.75
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $143.50 $62.57 – $115.75
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $119.60 $56.31 – $145.16
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $86.40 $44.53 – $244.31
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $67.60 $57.12 – $104.35

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