Ultrasound trgt dyn mbubb 1st les 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

$311.10

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.

$610.00

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.

$4.87 with confluence health vs $488.00 with coventry - first health — 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 $4.87 ↓ -98%
first choice commercial $9.28 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $33.73 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $59.70 ↓ -81%
multiplan medicare advantage $135.74 ↓ -56%
regence medicare advantage $164.82 ↓ -47%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $193.91 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage $193.91 ↓ -38%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $193.91 ↓ -38%
united healthcare medicare advantage $193.91 ↓ -38%
optum care network medicare advantage $193.91 ↓ -38%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $219.33 ↓ -29%
signal health medicare advantage $259.29 ↓ -17%
united healthcare commercial $289.77 ↓ -7%
premera commercial $366.00 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $367.83 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $384.30 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $427.00 ↑ +37%
regence uniform medical plan $427.00 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $450.42 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $450.42 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $488.00 ↑ +57%

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Ultrasound trgt dyn mbubb 1st les at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $568.32 $403.99 – $1,227.33
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $568.32 $403.99 – $945.34
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,022.40 $179.00 – $179.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $479.50 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $568.32 $405.13 – $899.38
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $641.90 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $390.60 $388.77 – $719.22
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $472.68 $386.14 – $921.73

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