Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl 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

$2,992.68

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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.

$5,868.00

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.

$101.16 with confluence health vs $4,694.40 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
confluence health medicare advantage $101.16 ↓ -97%
first choice commercial $162.13 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $185.20 ↓ -94%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $331.02 ↓ -89%
united healthcare commercial $439.13 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage $445.82 ↓ -85%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $445.82 ↓ -85%
united healthcare medicare advantage $445.82 ↓ -85%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $445.82 ↓ -85%
optum care network medicare advantage $445.82 ↓ -85%
multiplan medicare advantage $453.55 ↓ -85%
signal health medicare advantage $453.55 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $453.55 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $473.80 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage $488.23 ↓ -84%
regence uniform medical plan $800.51 ↓ -73%
premera commercial $947.33 ↓ -68%
cigna commercial $1,449.98 ↓ -52%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,330.20 ↓ -22%
aetna commercial $3,696.84 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $4,107.60 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $4,332.93 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $4,694.40 ↑ +57%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $37,395.46
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $28,803.62
Central Medical Center Seattle $23,520.00 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $14,797.92 $7,277.00 – $27,403.18
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $10,059.00 $9,121.22 – $21,913.80
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $10,607.80 $729.76 – $21,913.80
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $9,350.64 $7,246.00 – $28,084.26
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $12,309.24 – $28,277.20

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