Aqua therapy w/exercise/ea 15 min 97113 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

$100.98

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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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$198.00

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.

$1.10 with first choice vs $908.68 with confluence health — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $1.10 ↓ -99%
multiplan medicare advantage $29.21 ↓ -71%
regence medicare advantage $35.47 ↓ -65%
united healthcare commercial $40.21 ↓ -60%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $41.72 ↓ -59%
premera commercial $41.72 ↓ -59%
signal health medicare advantage $41.72 ↓ -59%
humana medicare advantage $41.73 ↓ -59%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $41.73 ↓ -59%
united healthcare medicare advantage $41.73 ↓ -59%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $41.73 ↓ -59%
optum care network medicare advantage $41.73 ↓ -59%
regence commercial $41.73 ↓ -59%
regence uniform medical plan $41.73 ↓ -59%
cigna commercial $42.13 ↓ -58%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $42.98 ↓ -57%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $43.82 ↓ -57%
coventry - first health commercial $98.72 ↓ -2%
kaiser health plan commercial $110.42 ↑ +9%
aetna commercial $124.74 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $146.20 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $885.94 ↑ +777%
confluence health medicare advantage $908.68 ↑ +800%

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Aqua therapy w/exercise/ea 15 min 97113 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $30.64 – $116.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $30.64 – $119.10
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $121.72 $38.30 – $42.13
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $53.90 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $95.90 $38.30 – $97.47
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $53.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $70.70 $36.86 – $70.86
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $82.60 $38.30 – $73.44

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