Cystorrhaphy wound simple 51860 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

$6,686.61

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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.

$13,111.00

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.

$10.74 with confluence health vs $9,681.16 with cigna — 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

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 $10.74 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $20.05 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $21.82 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $29.22 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $385.05 ↓ -94%
united healthcare commercial $770.92 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage $788.76 ↓ -88%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $788.76 ↓ -88%
united healthcare medicare advantage $788.76 ↓ -88%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $788.76 ↓ -88%
optum care network medicare advantage $788.76 ↓ -88%
signal health medicare advantage $809.55 ↓ -88%
multiplan medicare advantage $809.55 ↓ -88%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $809.55 ↓ -88%
regence medicare advantage $831.78 ↓ -88%
regence uniform medical plan $1,383.38 ↓ -79%
premera commercial $1,637.10 ↓ -76%
regence commercial $1,835.96 ↓ -73%
coventry - first health commercial $1,999.08 ↓ -70%
cigna commercial $2,545.53 ↓ -62%
kaiser health plan commercial $3,468.64 ↓ -48%
aetna commercial $8,259.93 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $9,681.16 ↑ +45%

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Cystorrhaphy wound simple 51860 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $33,302.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,277.00 – $25,651.23
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $10,548.90 – $11,603.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $26,846.95
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $7,277.00 – $24,404.06
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $9,574.57 – $24,754.98
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,225.00 – $27,382.30

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