Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis 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.

$99.84 with multiplan vs $643.26 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
multiplan medicare advantage $99.84
regence medicare advantage $121.24
regence uniform medical plan $142.63
united healthcare medicare advantage $142.63
kaiser foundation hp medicare $142.63
optum care network medicare advantage $142.63
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $142.63
regence commercial $142.63
humana medicare advantage $142.63
aetna medicare advantage ppo $146.91
aetna medicare advantage hmo $149.76
united healthcare commercial $171.16
kaiser health plan commercial $228.21
premera commercial $249.60
cigna commercial $445.82
cigna local plus $505.96
aetna commercial $643.26

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Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $551.52 $128.37 – $433.31
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $551.52 $128.37 – $333.75
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $88.00 – $88.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $551.52 $128.37 – $316.64
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $551.52 $142.63 – $278.13
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $86.00 $142.63 – $258.59
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $228.40 $147.62 – $255.99
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $146.91 $142.63 – $333.75

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