Debridement/bone/ea add 20 sq cm 11047 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

$562.53

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.

$1,103.00

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.

$3.58 with first choice vs $2,291.43 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 $3.58 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $97.83 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage $99.59 ↓ -82%
united healthcare medicare advantage $99.59 ↓ -82%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $99.59 ↓ -82%
optum care network medicare advantage $99.59 ↓ -82%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $99.59 ↓ -82%
signal health medicare advantage $102.08 ↓ -82%
multiplan medicare advantage $102.08 ↓ -82%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $102.08 ↓ -82%
regence medicare advantage $105.55 ↓ -81%
regence uniform medical plan $179.49 ↓ -68%
premera commercial $212.41 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $254.55 ↓ -55%
regence commercial $298.80 ↓ -47%
cigna commercial $323.03 ↓ -43%
kaiser health plan commercial $478.19 ↓ -15%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $659.08 ↑ +17%
aetna commercial $694.89 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $814.46 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $882.40 ↑ +57%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,180.71 ↑ +110%
aetna medicare advantage $2,291.43 ↑ +307%

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Debridement/bone/ea add 20 sq cm 11047 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $947.04 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $947.04 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $738.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,682.10 $13,212.00 – $13,212.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $947.04 $9,339.00 – $9,339.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $884.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,923.60 $6,522.00 – $6,522.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,626.80 $163.51 – $163.51

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