Control nose/throat bleeding with surg ivntj 42972 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

$3,306.33

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$6,483.00

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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.

$5.82 with aetna vs $4,787.05 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

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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $5.82 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $14.81 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $23.64 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $24.09 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $25.52 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $540.45 ↓ -84%
humana medicare advantage $549.52 ↓ -83%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $549.52 ↓ -83%
united healthcare medicare advantage $549.52 ↓ -83%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $549.52 ↓ -83%
optum care network medicare advantage $549.52 ↓ -83%
signal health medicare advantage $564.57 ↓ -83%
multiplan medicare advantage $564.57 ↓ -83%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $564.57 ↓ -83%
regence medicare advantage $583.12 ↓ -82%
regence uniform medical plan $953.74 ↓ -71%
premera commercial $1,128.65 ↓ -66%
regence commercial $1,265.75 ↓ -62%
coventry - first health commercial $1,337.12 ↓ -60%
cigna commercial $1,784.54 ↓ -46%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,243.04 ↓ -32%
aetna commercial $4,084.29 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $4,787.05 ↑ +45%

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Control nose/throat bleeding with surg ivntj 42972 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,839.27 – $12,755.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,839.27 – $12,284.47
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $3,694.56 – $4,064.02
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,694.56 – $9,402.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $3,850.04 – $12,755.94
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,839.27 – $15,322.85
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,443.00 – $12,677.36

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