Catheter declot mechanical 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

$2,020.11

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.

$3,961.00

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.

$3.05 with aetna vs $2,924.80 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 ppo $3.05 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $3.52 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $8.41 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $45.41 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage $47.25 ↓ -98%
optum care network medicare advantage $47.95 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage $47.95 ↓ -98%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $47.95 ↓ -98%
united healthcare medicare advantage $47.95 ↓ -98%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $47.95 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $48.25 ↓ -98%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $48.25 ↓ -98%
signal health medicare advantage $48.25 ↓ -98%
regence medicare advantage $49.00 ↓ -98%
regence uniform medical plan $81.30 ↓ -96%
premera commercial $96.21 ↓ -95%
confluence health medicare advantage $108.72 ↓ -95%
cigna commercial $149.94 ↓ -93%
kaiser health plan commercial $206.09 ↓ -90%
regence commercial $283.86 ↓ -86%
coventry - first health commercial $364.52 ↓ -82%
aetna commercial $2,495.43 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $2,924.80 ↑ +45%

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Catheter declot mechanical at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,102.72 $1,822.85 – $7,943.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,102.72 $1,822.85 – $7,650.00
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,680.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,573.90 $1,754.15 – $5,056.50
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,102.72 $1,827.97 – $7,943.60
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,694.60 $74.01 – $6,051.49
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $2,783.20 $1,754.15 – $4,604.64
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $2,516.80 $1,792.65 – $6,181.98

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →