Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$9,797.61

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.

$19,211.00

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.

$61.81 with aetna vs $14,185.40 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.

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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 medicare advantage hmo $61.81 ↓ -99%
first choice commercial $115.22 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $194.97 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $371.24 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage $377.92 ↓ -96%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $377.92 ↓ -96%
united healthcare medicare advantage $377.92 ↓ -96%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $377.92 ↓ -96%
optum care network medicare advantage $377.92 ↓ -96%
multiplan medicare advantage $384.85 ↓ -96%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $384.85 ↓ -96%
signal health medicare advantage $384.85 ↓ -96%
regence medicare advantage $400.54 ↓ -96%
regence uniform medical plan $677.31 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $797.01 ↓ -92%
premera commercial $801.53 ↓ -92%
aetna medicare advantage $883.53 ↓ -91%
cigna commercial $1,225.80 ↓ -87%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,764.32 ↓ -82%
aetna commercial $4,497.00 ↓ -54%
regence commercial $8,804.64 ↓ -10%
coventry - first health commercial $9,523.27 ↓ -3%
cigna local plus $14,185.40 ↑ +45%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $61,683.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $47,511.31
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $10,950.10 $5,419.00 – $49,726.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $19,362.72 $7,277.00 – $45,201.30
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,678.50 $612.15 – $36,146.62
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $11,193.70 $2,985.00 – $51,289.12
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $7,297.68 $1,985.00 – $46,324.74

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