Decomp forearm 1 space 25020 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

$3,814.29

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.

$7,479.00

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.

$21.15 with first choice vs $5,522.49 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
first choice commercial $21.15 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $57.48 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage $65.11 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $94.38 ↓ -98%
united healthcare medicare advantage $828.51 ↓ -78%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $828.51 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage $828.51 ↓ -78%
optum care network medicare advantage $828.51 ↓ -78%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $828.51 ↓ -78%
united healthcare commercial $832.36 ↓ -78%
signal health medicare advantage $860.37 ↓ -77%
multiplan medicare advantage $860.37 ↓ -77%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $860.37 ↓ -77%
regence medicare advantage $898.07 ↓ -76%
regence uniform medical plan $1,409.03 ↓ -63%
coventry - first health commercial $1,441.50 ↓ -62%
premera commercial $1,667.45 ↓ -56%
regence commercial $1,869.99 ↓ -51%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,938.42 ↓ -49%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,301.49 ↓ -40%
cigna commercial $2,748.40 ↓ -28%
aetna commercial $4,711.77 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $5,522.49 ↑ +45%

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Decomp forearm 1 space 25020 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,862.04 – $6,600.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,862.04 – $6,356.78
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,167.20 $1,292.58 – $5,028.50
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,791.86 – $1,971.04
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,791.86 – $4,560.28
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,867.26 – $6,600.75
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,862.04 – $7,929.03

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