Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$291.72

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.

$572.00

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.

$119.30 with multiplan vs $576.23 with united healthcare — 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 $119.30 ↓ -59%
regence medicare advantage $144.86 ↓ -50%
optum care network medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -42%
united healthcare medicare advantage $170.42 ↓ -42%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $170.42 ↓ -42%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $170.42 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $175.54 ↓ -40%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $178.95 ↓ -39%
premera commercial $343.20 ↑ +18%
kaiser health plan commercial $344.92 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $360.36 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $366.37 ↑ +26%
regence uniform medical plan $400.40 ↑ +37%
regence commercial $400.40 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $422.36 ↑ +45%
cigna commercial $422.36 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $457.60 ↑ +57%
united healthcare commercial $576.23 ↑ +98%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $12,925.44 $149.00 – $650.25
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $12,925.44 $149.00 – $629.49
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $496.30 $143.39 – $498.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $12,925.44 $149.42 – $650.25
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $356.30 $143.39 – $540.95
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $283.92 $146.53 – $581.07
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $4,405.44 $125.79 – $774.76
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $261.20 $17.89 – $647.16

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →