Canthotomy 67715 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

$2,723.40

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.

$5,340.00

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.

$4.06 with aetna vs $3,943.06 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.

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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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $4.06 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $5.91 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $7.99 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $44.55 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $58.63 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $116.14 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage $118.57 ↓ -96%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $118.57 ↓ -96%
united healthcare medicare advantage $118.57 ↓ -96%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $118.57 ↓ -96%
optum care network medicare advantage $118.57 ↓ -96%
signal health medicare advantage $120.92 ↓ -96%
multiplan medicare advantage $120.92 ↓ -96%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $120.92 ↓ -96%
regence medicare advantage $125.31 ↓ -95%
regence uniform medical plan $200.75 ↓ -93%
premera commercial $237.57 ↓ -91%
cigna commercial $383.49 ↓ -86%
kaiser health plan commercial $437.10 ↓ -84%
coventry - first health commercial $578.66 ↓ -79%
regence commercial $659.85 ↓ -76%
aetna commercial $3,364.20 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $3,943.06 ↑ +45%

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Canthotomy 67715 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,757.28 $2,753.10 – $9,424.42
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,757.28 $2,753.10 – $9,076.09
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $4,273.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $4,383.40 $2,649.34 – $6,742.56
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,757.28 $2,760.83 – $9,424.42
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $6,554.08 $2,753.10 – $11,320.92
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $4,440.10 not published

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