Amp f/th 1/2 jt/phalanx w/neurect local flap 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

$4,176.39

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.

$8,189.00

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.

$20.27 with first choice vs $6,046.76 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 $20.27 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $34.55 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $103.84 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $105.13 ↓ -97%
united healthcare commercial $763.21 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $768.33 ↓ -82%
optum care network medicare advantage $768.33 ↓ -82%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $768.33 ↓ -82%
united healthcare medicare advantage $768.33 ↓ -82%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $768.33 ↓ -82%
signal health medicare advantage $791.90 ↓ -81%
multiplan medicare advantage $791.90 ↓ -81%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $791.90 ↓ -81%
regence medicare advantage $823.46 ↓ -80%
confluence health medicare advantage $953.49 ↓ -77%
regence uniform medical plan $1,303.33 ↓ -69%
premera commercial $1,542.37 ↓ -63%
coventry - first health commercial $1,617.15 ↓ -61%
regence commercial $1,729.72 ↓ -59%
cigna commercial $2,520.06 ↓ -40%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,523.26 ↓ -40%
aetna commercial $5,159.07 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $6,046.76 ↑ +45%

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Amp f/th 1/2 jt/phalanx w/neurect local flap at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,669.76 $3,788.94 – $13,331.38
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,669.76 $3,788.94 – $12,838.64
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,534.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,424.00 $3,646.14 – $9,279.41
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,669.76 $3,799.57 – $13,331.38
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $6,876.48 $3,788.94 – $16,014.08
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,836.80 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →