Amputation of midtarsal 28800 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

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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.

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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.

$15.54 with first choice vs $14,500.00 with aetna — 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 $15.54
confluence health medicare advantage $47.19
aetna medicare advantage hmo $72.87
aetna medicare advantage ppo $91.13
aetna medicare advantage $156.63
united healthcare commercial $552.77
humana medicare advantage $569.05
humana choicecare medicare advantage $569.05
united healthcare medicare advantage $569.05
kaiser foundation hp medicare $569.05
optum care network medicare advantage $569.05
signal health medicare advantage $581.01
multiplan medicare advantage $581.01
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $581.01
regence medicare advantage $596.41
regence uniform medical plan $981.88
premera commercial $1,161.96
regence commercial $1,303.10
coventry - first health commercial $1,465.72
cigna commercial $1,825.20
kaiser health plan commercial $2,442.91
cigna local plus $9,117.06
aetna commercial $14,500.00

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Amputation of midtarsal 28800 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $11,510.81
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,788.94 – $8,866.13
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,768.71 – $4,010.75
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,646.14 – $9,279.41
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,799.57 – $8,435.05
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,788.94 – $7,009.54
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,836.00 – $9,464.46
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $2,632.27 – $6,745.35

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →