Cath stripping venous s&i at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$492.66
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.
$966.00
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.
$2.84 with aetna vs $3,370.53 with aetna — 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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| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $2.84 | ↓ -99% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $3.94 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $6.97 | ↓ -99% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $259.42 | ↓ -47% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $259.42 | ↓ -47% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $259.42 | ↓ -47% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $259.42 | ↓ -47% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $259.42 | ↓ -47% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $267.53 | ↓ -46% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $273.47 | ↓ -44% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $273.47 | ↓ -44% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $273.47 | ↓ -44% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $288.65 | ↓ -41% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $423.38 | ↓ -14% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $434.03 | ↓ -12% |
| premera | commercial | $513.63 | ↑ +4% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $558.92 | ↑ +13% |
| regence | commercial | $576.02 | ↑ +17% |
| aetna | commercial | $608.58 | ↑ +24% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $695.01 | ↑ +41% |
| cigna | commercial | $713.29 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | local plus | $713.29 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $3,370.53 | ↑ +584% |
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Cath stripping venous s&i at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,659.84 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,659.84 | not published |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,240.00 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $720.30 | $2,330.91 – $2,330.91 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,659.84 | $832.62 – $832.62 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,277.10 | $1,238.88 – $1,238.88 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,202.60 | $1,081.35 – $1,081.35 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $341.64 | $921.15 – $921.15 |