Conization/cerv/loop electrode exc 57522 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

$4,047.87

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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.

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$7,937.00

Gross charge

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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.

$8.85 with first choice vs $5,860.68 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
first choice commercial $8.85 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $9.38 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $14.39 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $222.60 ↓ -95%
united healthcare commercial $272.03 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $276.79 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $276.79 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $276.79 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $276.79 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $276.79 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $285.25 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $285.25 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $285.25 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $293.50 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage $402.86 ↓ -90%
regence uniform medical plan $479.68 ↓ -88%
premera commercial $567.66 ↓ -86%
coventry - first health commercial $687.11 ↓ -83%
regence commercial $759.45 ↓ -81%
cigna commercial $898.22 ↓ -78%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,066.16 ↓ -74%
aetna commercial $5,000.31 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $5,860.68 ↑ +45%

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Conization/cerv/loop electrode exc 57522 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,416.00 $3,748.56 – $12,165.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,416.00 $3,748.56 – $11,716.09
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $7,416.00 $3,759.08 – $12,165.75
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,607.27 – $3,968.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,607.27 – $9,180.51
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,748.56 – $14,613.89
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $12,090.80

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