Colpotomy drng of abscess 57010 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

$3,417.51

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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.

$6,701.00

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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.

$4.40 with confluence health vs $4,948.02 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

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
confluence health medicare advantage $4.40 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $13.44 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $45.05 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $54.89 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $61.61 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $486.89 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $492.17 ↓ -86%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $492.17 ↓ -86%
united healthcare medicare advantage $492.17 ↓ -86%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $492.17 ↓ -86%
optum care network medicare advantage $492.17 ↓ -86%
signal health medicare advantage $508.68 ↓ -85%
multiplan medicare advantage $508.68 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $508.68 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $525.33 ↓ -85%
regence uniform medical plan $862.43 ↓ -75%
premera commercial $1,020.60 ↓ -70%
coventry - first health commercial $1,126.19 ↓ -67%
regence commercial $1,144.57 ↓ -67%
cigna commercial $1,607.69 ↓ -53%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,915.48 ↓ -44%
aetna commercial $4,221.63 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $4,948.02 ↑ +45%

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Colpotomy drng of abscess 57010 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,748.56 – $12,165.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,748.56 – $11,716.09
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $5,443.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $6,161.40 $3,607.27 – $9,180.51
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $5,907.20 $3,748.56 – $14,613.89
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $6,543.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,844.10 $2,770.26 – $6,673.45

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