Bronch w/debrdmt subgltc & uppr trach 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

$1,685.55

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.

$3,305.00

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.

$148.03 with multiplan vs $2,644.00 with coventry - first health — 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 $148.03 ↓ -91%
regence medicare advantage $179.75 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $211.47 ↓ -87%
optum care network medicare advantage $211.47 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage $211.47 ↓ -87%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $211.47 ↓ -87%
united healthcare medicare advantage $211.47 ↓ -87%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $217.82 ↓ -87%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $222.05 ↓ -87%
regence uniform medical plan $510.45 ↓ -70%
kaiser health plan commercial $529.46 ↓ -69%
regence commercial $616.48 ↓ -63%
cigna commercial $630.29 ↓ -63%
premera commercial $673.88 ↓ -60%
united healthcare commercial $715.01 ↓ -58%
cigna local plus $716.25 ↓ -58%
aetna commercial $2,082.15 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $2,116.85 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $2,644.00 ↑ +57%

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Bronch w/debrdmt subgltc & uppr trach at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $231.14 – $735.79
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $231.14 – $712.30
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,653.70 $222.43 – $566.09
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,059.10 $222.43 – $580.80
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $240.40 $224.52 – $1,124.68
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $214.00 $238.13 – $616.49
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $222.43 – $244.67

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