Change stent via transureth at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$3,049.80
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.
$5,980.00
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.
$3.93 with confluence health vs $4,415.63 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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| confluence health | medicare advantage | $3.93 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $16.84 | ↓ -99% |
| first choice | commercial | $32.55 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $100.98 | ↓ -97% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $116.15 | ↓ -96% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $218.41 | ↓ -93% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $222.24 | ↓ -93% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $222.24 | ↓ -93% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $222.24 | ↓ -93% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $222.24 | ↓ -93% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $222.24 | ↓ -93% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $225.70 | ↓ -93% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $225.70 | ↓ -93% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $225.70 | ↓ -93% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $235.65 | ↓ -92% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $395.88 | ↓ -87% |
| premera | commercial | $468.48 | ↓ -85% |
| cigna | commercial | $721.17 | ↓ -76% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,053.78 | ↓ -65% |
| regence | commercial | $2,533.16 | ↓ -17% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,392.32 | ↑ +11% |
| aetna | commercial | $3,767.40 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $4,415.63 | ↑ +45% |
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Change stent via transureth at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $2,420.64 – $8,627.45 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $2,420.64 – $8,308.57 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,191.20 | $2,329.41 – $5,928.34 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $10,899.00 | $360.30 – $6,572.45 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $4,902.80 | $2,329.41 – $7,132.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $1,610.80 | $1,023.85 – $8,254.22 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,603.51 | $2,288.91 – $8,742.05 |