Closure paravalvlr leak pq 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

$13,051.92

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.

$25,592.00

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.

$471.42 with multiplan vs $2,277.06 with united healthcare — 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
multiplan medicare advantage $471.42 ↓ -96%
premera commercial $484.80 ↓ -96%
kaiser health plan commercial $487.22 ↓ -96%
aetna commercial $509.04 ↓ -96%
first choice commercial $517.52 ↓ -96%
regence commercial $565.60 ↓ -96%
regence uniform medical plan $565.60 ↓ -96%
regence medicare advantage $572.44 ↓ -96%
cigna local plus $596.63 ↓ -95%
cigna commercial $596.63 ↓ -95%
coventry - first health commercial $646.40 ↓ -95%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $673.46 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage $673.46 ↓ -95%
optum care network medicare advantage $673.46 ↓ -95%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $673.46 ↓ -95%
united healthcare medicare advantage $673.46 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $693.66 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $707.13 ↓ -95%
united healthcare commercial $2,277.06 ↓ -83%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $40,842.24 $726.41 – $2,963.40
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Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
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MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $4,011.20 $705.60 – $2,574.33

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