Ablate inf turbinate superf 30801 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

$2,061.93

Cash price

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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.

$4,043.00

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.

$6.66 with first choice vs $2,985.35 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
first choice commercial $6.66 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $14.60 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $31.31 ↓ -98%
confluence health medicare advantage $37.39 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $90.96 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage $169.55 ↓ -92%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $169.55 ↓ -92%
united healthcare medicare advantage $169.55 ↓ -92%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $169.55 ↓ -92%
optum care network medicare advantage $169.55 ↓ -92%
united healthcare commercial $172.02 ↓ -92%
signal health medicare advantage $178.02 ↓ -91%
multiplan medicare advantage $178.02 ↓ -91%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $178.02 ↓ -91%
regence medicare advantage $185.60 ↓ -91%
regence uniform medical plan $288.93 ↓ -86%
premera commercial $341.93 ↓ -83%
kaiser health plan commercial $501.62 ↓ -76%
regence commercial $551.12 ↓ -73%
cigna commercial $568.01 ↓ -72%
coventry - first health commercial $571.08 ↓ -72%
aetna commercial $2,547.09 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $2,985.35 ↑ +45%

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Ablate inf turbinate superf 30801 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,328.80 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,796.72 – $6,571.29
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,796.72 – $6,328.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $2,076.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,286.50 $1,729.00 – $4,400.30
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $3,206.84 $1,796.72 – $7,893.64
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $2,429.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,324.70 $1,351.34 – $3,198.65

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