Colposcopy vulva 56820 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

$386.58

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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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$758.00

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.

$3.62 with first choice vs $559.71 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $3.62 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $12.47 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $35.55 ↓ -91%
aetna medicare advantage $66.76 ↓ -83%
united healthcare commercial $87.07 ↓ -77%
humana medicare advantage $88.40 ↓ -77%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $88.40 ↓ -77%
united healthcare medicare advantage $88.40 ↓ -77%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $88.40 ↓ -77%
optum care network medicare advantage $88.40 ↓ -77%
multiplan medicare advantage $90.57 ↓ -77%
signal health medicare advantage $90.57 ↓ -77%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $90.57 ↓ -77%
regence medicare advantage $93.94 ↓ -76%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $99.13 ↓ -74%
regence uniform medical plan $157.60 ↓ -59%
premera commercial $186.51 ↓ -52%
coventry - first health commercial $287.47 ↓ -26%
cigna commercial $287.48 ↓ -26%
regence commercial $312.91 ↓ -19%
kaiser health plan commercial $404.37 ↑ +5%
aetna commercial $477.54 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $559.71 ↑ +45%

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Colposcopy vulva 56820 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $593.28 $234.11 – $780.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $593.28 $234.11 – $755.53
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $266.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $422.10 $225.29 – $573.36
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $593.28 $234.77 – $780.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $411.84 $234.11 – $971.39
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $311.50 not published

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