Dentoalveolar/drain abs/cyst/hema 41800 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

$332.52

Cash price

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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.

$652.00

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.

$4.95 with aetna vs $521.60 with coventry - first health — 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
aetna medicare advantage $4.95 ↓ -99%
first choice commercial $9.05 ↓ -97%
multiplan medicare advantage $98.29 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $109.49 ↓ -67%
regence medicare advantage $119.35 ↓ -64%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $140.41 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage $140.41 ↓ -58%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $140.41 ↓ -58%
optum care network medicare advantage $140.41 ↓ -58%
united healthcare medicare advantage $140.41 ↓ -58%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $144.62 ↓ -57%
united healthcare commercial $170.68 ↓ -49%
signal health medicare advantage $179.08 ↓ -46%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $179.93 ↓ -46%
regence uniform medical plan $288.93 ↓ -13%
premera commercial $341.93 ↑ +3%
kaiser health plan commercial $343.92 ↑ +3%
confluence health medicare advantage $371.98 ↑ +12%
regence commercial $397.55 ↑ +20%
aetna commercial $410.76 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $418.50 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $475.57 ↑ +43%
coventry - first health commercial $521.60 ↑ +57%

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Dentoalveolar/drain abs/cyst/hema 41800 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $949.92 $154.07 – $512.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $949.92 $154.07 – $496.09
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $294.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $561.40 $148.26 – $392.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $949.92 $154.50 – $512.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $320.84 $154.07 – $679.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $294.00 not published

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