Colposcopy/cervix/inc up/adjacent vag 57452 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

$356.49

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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.

$699.00

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.

$3.67 with first choice vs $516.14 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
first choice commercial $3.67 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $13.19 ↓ -96%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $19.59 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage $27.62 ↓ -92%
united healthcare commercial $94.48 ↓ -73%
humana medicare advantage $96.69 ↓ -73%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $96.69 ↓ -73%
united healthcare medicare advantage $96.69 ↓ -73%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $96.69 ↓ -73%
optum care network medicare advantage $96.69 ↓ -73%
multiplan medicare advantage $99.10 ↓ -72%
signal health medicare advantage $99.10 ↓ -72%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $99.10 ↓ -72%
regence medicare advantage $101.94 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $166.14 ↓ -53%
regence uniform medical plan $169.48 ↓ -52%
premera commercial $200.57 ↓ -44%
coventry - first health commercial $283.71 ↓ -20%
cigna commercial $311.98 ↓ -12%
regence commercial $317.06 ↓ -11%
kaiser health plan commercial $417.23 ↑ +17%
aetna commercial $440.37 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $516.14 ↑ +45%

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Colposcopy/cervix/inc up/adjacent vag 57452 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $439.20 $234.11 – $780.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $439.20 $234.11 – $755.53
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $187.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $356.30 $225.29 – $573.36
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $439.20 $234.77 – $780.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $352.04 $234.11 – $971.39
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $207.20 not published

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