Circumcise/surg/28 days or < 54160 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

$2,804.49

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.

$5,499.00

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.

$6.56 with first choice vs $3,464.37 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.

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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
first choice commercial $6.56 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $12.43 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $20.26 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $22.99 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $29.45 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $150.33 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage $154.52 ↓ -94%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $154.52 ↓ -94%
united healthcare medicare advantage $154.52 ↓ -94%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $154.52 ↓ -94%
optum care network medicare advantage $154.52 ↓ -94%
signal health medicare advantage $158.37 ↓ -94%
multiplan medicare advantage $158.37 ↓ -94%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $158.37 ↓ -94%
regence medicare advantage $162.20 ↓ -94%
regence uniform medical plan $268.92 ↓ -90%
premera commercial $318.24 ↓ -89%
cigna commercial $496.38 ↓ -82%
regence commercial $545.31 ↓ -81%
coventry - first health commercial $642.68 ↓ -77%
kaiser health plan commercial $670.38 ↓ -76%
cigna local plus $2,462.52 ↓ -12%
aetna commercial $3,464.37 ↑ +24%

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Circumcise/surg/28 days or < 54160 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,518.72 $807.46 – $2,615.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,518.72 $807.46 – $2,532.21
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,518.72 $809.73 – $2,615.69
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $87.50 $243.83 – $2,064.73
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $1,128.00 $793.53 – $3,347.17
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $1,128.00 $797.51 – $3,347.17
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $570.00 $791.31 – $3,607.61

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