Unit mobile power mpu at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$9,875.26 with multiplan vs $50,044.40 with cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| multiplan | medicare advantage | $9,875.26 | — |
| regence | medicare advantage | $11,991.38 | — |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $13,776.87 | — |
| regence | commercial | $13,776.87 | — |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $14,107.51 | — |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $14,107.51 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $14,107.51 | — |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $14,107.51 | — |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $14,107.51 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $14,530.74 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $14,812.89 | — |
| united healthcare | commercial | $16,929.01 | — |
| premera | commercial | $36,646.47 | — |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $39,773.00 | — |
| cigna | commercial | $44,095.84 | — |
| cigna | local plus | $50,044.40 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Unit mobile power mpu at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $16,588.80 | $14,389.66 – $43,715.79 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $16,588.80 | $14,389.66 – $35,190.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $15,949.50 | $14,389.66 – $36,621.68 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $15,360.00 | $14,389.66 – $31,945.05 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $14,612.80 | $13,776.87 – $59,753.49 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $9,331.20 | $12,399.18 – $24,114.19 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $14,612.80 | $12,054.76 – $62,170.48 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $14,612.80 | $12,054.76 – $62,170.48 |