Complx repair enel addl 5cm/< 13153 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

$294.27

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.

$577.00

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.

$5.52 with first choice vs $2,746.76 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 $5.52 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $140.62 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage $143.66 ↓ -51%
united healthcare medicare advantage $143.66 ↓ -51%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $143.66 ↓ -51%
optum care network medicare advantage $143.66 ↓ -51%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $143.66 ↓ -51%
signal health medicare advantage $145.93 ↓ -50%
multiplan medicare advantage $145.93 ↓ -50%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $145.93 ↓ -50%
regence medicare advantage $151.72 ↓ -48%
regence uniform medical plan $253.29 ↓ -14%
premera commercial $299.74 ↑ +2%
confluence health medicare advantage $327.11 ↑ +11%
kaiser health plan commercial $347.93 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $363.51 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $403.90 ↑ +37%
cigna commercial $426.06 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $426.06 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $461.60 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $625.83 ↑ +113%
aetna medicare advantage $1,134.27 ↑ +285%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $2,746.76 ↑ +833%

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Complx repair enel addl 5cm/< 13153 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $480.48 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $480.48 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $291.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $406.00 $18,229.00 – $18,229.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $480.48 $11,210.00 – $11,210.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $347.90 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,167.60 $16,398.00 – $16,398.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,416.80 $229.48 – $229.48

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