Vasc emb/occ w/prs cath 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

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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.

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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.

$12,900.00 with aetna vs $66,248.79 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.

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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
aetna commercial $12,900.00
multiplan medicare advantage $13,691.93
regence medicare advantage $16,625.91
humana medicare advantage $19,559.90
united healthcare medicare advantage $19,559.90
kaiser foundation hp medicare $19,559.90
optum care network medicare advantage $19,559.90
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $19,559.90
aetna medicare advantage ppo $20,146.69
aetna medicare advantage hmo $20,537.89
regence uniform medical plan $45,188.26
kaiser health plan commercial $49,487.05
regence commercial $54,574.42
cigna commercial $58,298.35
premera commercial $59,655.84
united healthcare commercial $66,134.71
cigna local plus $66,248.79

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Vasc emb/occ w/prs cath at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $64,490.20
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $49,673.16
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $27,043.12 $7,246.00 – $48,432.60
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $24,472.00 $20,619.78 – $74,347.53
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $26,288.40 $21,869.38 – $54,575.70
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $40,210.80 $20,861.66 – $87,996.08
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $40,210.80 $20,966.27 – $87,996.08

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →