Complx repair sal addl 5 cm/> 13122 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

$214.20

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.

$420.00

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.

$3.82 with first choice vs $1,837.12 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 $3.82 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $85.04 ↓ -60%
humana medicare advantage $85.95 ↓ -60%
united healthcare medicare advantage $85.95 ↓ -60%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $85.95 ↓ -60%
optum care network medicare advantage $85.95 ↓ -60%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $85.95 ↓ -60%
signal health medicare advantage $88.32 ↓ -59%
multiplan medicare advantage $88.32 ↓ -59%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $88.32 ↓ -59%
regence medicare advantage $91.75 ↓ -57%
regence uniform medical plan $153.22 ↓ -28%
premera commercial $181.32 ↓ -15%
kaiser health plan commercial $253.26 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $264.60 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $280.79 ↑ +31%
regence commercial $294.00 ↑ +37%
coventry - first health commercial $301.28 ↑ +41%
cigna local plus $310.13 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $337.28 ↑ +57%
aetna medicare advantage $593.05 ↑ +177%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $752.75 ↑ +251%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,837.12 ↑ +758%

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Complx repair sal addl 5 cm/> 13122 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 $147.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $406.00 $13,212.00 – $13,212.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $480.48 $9,339.00 – $9,339.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $235.04 $7,984.74 – $7,984.74
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $179.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $897.40 $6,522.00 – $6,522.00

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