Warde estrogen fractionated 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

$97.41

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.

$191.00

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.

$22.61 with multiplan vs $152.80 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 $22.61 ↓ -77%
regence medicare advantage $27.46 ↓ -72%
humana medicare advantage $32.30 ↓ -67%
united healthcare medicare advantage $32.30 ↓ -67%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $32.30 ↓ -67%
optum care network medicare advantage $32.30 ↓ -67%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $32.30 ↓ -67%
regence commercial $32.30 ↓ -67%
regence uniform medical plan $32.30 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $33.27 ↓ -66%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $33.92 ↓ -65%
united healthcare commercial $38.76 ↓ -60%
kaiser health plan commercial $51.68 ↓ -47%
premera commercial $56.53 ↓ -42%
cigna commercial $100.96 ↑ +4%
cigna local plus $114.58 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $120.33 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $122.34 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $152.80 ↑ +57%

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Warde estrogen fractionated at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $144.80 $24.00 – $24.00
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $29.07 – $151.81
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $29.07 – $146.97
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $674.80 not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $142.80 $8.53 – $58.56
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $46.80 $33.44 – $57.97
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $130.51 $32.30 – $266.13
St. Anne Hospital Burien $90.30 $32.30 – $266.13

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