Dest mal lesion snhfg 0.6-1cm 17271 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

$325.89

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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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$639.00

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.

$4.87 with first choice vs $2,491.35 with aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
first choice commercial $4.87 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $26.49 ↓ -92%
united healthcare commercial $111.68 ↓ -66%
optum care network medicare advantage $115.17 ↓ -65%
united healthcare medicare advantage $115.17 ↓ -65%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $115.17 ↓ -65%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $115.17 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage $115.17 ↓ -65%
signal health medicare advantage $116.90 ↓ -64%
multiplan medicare advantage $116.90 ↓ -64%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $116.90 ↓ -64%
regence medicare advantage $120.49 ↓ -63%
regence uniform medical plan $195.75 ↓ -40%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $206.46 ↓ -37%
premera commercial $231.65 ↓ -29%
cigna commercial $368.75 ↑ +13%
kaiser health plan commercial $385.32 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $402.57 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $415.00 ↑ +27%
coventry - first health commercial $415.07 ↑ +27%
cigna local plus $471.84 ↑ +45%
confluence health medicare advantage $558.31 ↑ +71%
aetna medicare advantage $2,491.35 ↑ +664%

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Dest mal lesion snhfg 0.6-1cm 17271 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $551.04 $232.33 – $821.23
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $551.04 $232.33 – $795.02
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $551.04 $232.98 – $821.23
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $223.58 – $245.93
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $223.58 – $569.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $232.33 – $1,022.17
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $228.48 – $786.29

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