Bronchoscopy/needle bx addl 31633 at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,424.43
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.
$2,793.00
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.
$2.36 with first choice vs $2,062.35 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.
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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| first choice | commercial | $2.36 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $28.07 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $48.73 | ↓ -97% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $62.75 | ↓ -96% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $63.91 | ↓ -96% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $63.91 | ↓ -96% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $63.91 | ↓ -96% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $63.91 | ↓ -96% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $63.91 | ↓ -96% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $65.36 | ↓ -95% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $65.36 | ↓ -95% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $65.36 | ↓ -95% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $67.71 | ↓ -95% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $82.07 | ↓ -94% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $114.45 | ↓ -92% |
| premera | commercial | $135.44 | ↓ -90% |
| regence | commercial | $196.71 | ↓ -86% |
| cigna | commercial | $207.20 | ↓ -85% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $207.31 | ↓ -85% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $232.50 | ↓ -84% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $312.90 | ↓ -78% |
| aetna | commercial | $1,759.59 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $2,062.35 | ↑ +45% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx addl 31633 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,242.40 | $1,113.76 – $1,179.27 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $1,245.60 | $1,139.22 – $1,230.36 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $1,245.60 | $1,165.56 – $1,258.81 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $1,245.60 | $1,225.98 – $1,816.27 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $1,245.60 | $1,139.22 – $1,230.36 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,245.60 | $1,160.21 – $4,118.75 |