Ustekinumab 45 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution 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

$294.31

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.

$577.08

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.

$104.58 with multiplan vs $461.66 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
multiplan medicare advantage $104.58 ↓ -64%
regence medicare advantage $126.99 ↓ -57%
optum care network medicare advantage $149.40 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage $149.40 ↓ -49%
united healthcare commercial $149.40 ↓ -49%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $149.40 ↓ -49%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $149.40 ↓ -49%
united healthcare medicare advantage $149.40 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $153.88 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $156.87 ↓ -47%
regence uniform medical plan $159.91 ↓ -46%
premera commercial $159.91 ↓ -46%
regence commercial $159.91 ↓ -46%
kaiser health plan commercial $347.98 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $360.24 ↑ +22%
first choice commercial $369.62 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $426.12 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $426.12 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $461.66 ↑ +57%

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Ustekinumab 45 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $158.16 – $508.83
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $158.16 – $368.72
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $194.18 – $194.18
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $76,312.97 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $80,106.45 $158.16 – $532.80
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $76,312.97 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $82,111.26 $158.16 – $978.04
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $80,106.45 $153.96 – $571.51

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