Asp & inj bone cyst at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,069.98
Cash price 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.
$2,098.00
Gross charge 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.
$536.48 with multiplan vs $2,591.32 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| multiplan | medicare advantage | $536.48 | ↓ -50% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $651.44 | ↓ -39% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $766.40 | ↓ -28% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $766.40 | ↓ -28% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $766.40 | ↓ -28% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $766.40 | ↓ -28% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $766.40 | ↓ -28% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $789.40 | ↓ -26% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $804.72 | ↓ -25% |
| premera | commercial | $1,258.80 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,265.09 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,321.74 | ↑ +24% |
| first choice | commercial | $1,343.77 | ↑ +26% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,468.60 | ↑ +37% |
| regence | commercial | $1,468.60 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,549.16 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,549.16 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,678.40 | ↑ +57% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $2,591.32 | ↑ +142% |
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Asp & inj bone cyst at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $820.01 – $2,867.05 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $820.01 – $2,775.55 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,446.20 | $789.10 – $2,008.27 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,116.80 | $334.10 – $2,887.92 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,855.20 | $341.74 – $3,399.19 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,855.20 | $349.64 – $3,399.19 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $1,060.40 | $367.77 – $3,663.67 |