Cystouretero w/lithotripsy 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

$5,668.14

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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.

$11,114.00

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.

$5.30 with confluence health vs $8,206.58 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
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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 $5.30 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $11.34 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $13.10 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $37.54 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $70.20 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $394.08 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $404.26 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $404.26 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $404.26 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $404.26 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $404.26 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $413.22 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $413.22 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $413.22 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $425.19 ↓ -92%
regence uniform medical plan $714.83 ↓ -87%
premera commercial $845.93 ↓ -85%
regence commercial $948.69 ↓ -83%
coventry - first health commercial $1,189.85 ↓ -79%
cigna commercial $1,301.24 ↓ -77%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,892.87 ↓ -67%
aetna commercial $7,001.82 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $8,206.58 ↑ +45%

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Cystouretero w/lithotripsy at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $6,208.90 – $20,607.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $6,208.90 – $19,846.30
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $5,974.89 – $6,572.38
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,974.89 – $15,206.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $6,226.32 – $20,607.99
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $6,208.90 – $24,754.98
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,836.00 – $20,481.04

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