Cesarean section delivery only 59514 at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
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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.
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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.
$3.18 with aetna vs $9,117.06 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.
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 hmo | $3.18 | — |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $12.18 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $18.09 | — |
| first choice | commercial | $26.75 | — |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $119.96 | — |
| united healthcare | commercial | $912.35 | — |
| humana | medicare advantage | $925.04 | — |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $925.04 | — |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $925.04 | — |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $925.04 | — |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $925.04 | — |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $952.40 | — |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $952.40 | — |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $952.40 | — |
| regence | medicare advantage | $984.37 | — |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,696.71 | — |
| premera | commercial | $2,007.89 | — |
| regence | commercial | $2,251.79 | — |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $2,317.23 | — |
| cigna | commercial | $3,012.50 | — |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $4,442.44 | — |
| cigna | local plus | $9,117.06 | — |
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Cesarean section delivery only 59514 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| 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 | $5,488.80 | $2,500.00 – $2,500.00 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $4,351.60 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $3,326.14 | $3,466.71 – $6,782.69 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $2,301.26 | $3,240.62 – $6,782.69 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $2,292.17 | $3,165.26 – $5,652.24 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $5,876.40 | $2,500.00 – $2,500.00 |