Dest mal lesion tal 0.6-1.0cm 17261 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

$305.49

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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.

$599.00

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.

$4.35 with first choice vs $2,944.74 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
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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 $4.35 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $60.32 ↓ -80%
united healthcare commercial $92.19 ↓ -70%
humana medicare advantage $96.44 ↓ -68%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $96.44 ↓ -68%
united healthcare medicare advantage $96.44 ↓ -68%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $96.44 ↓ -68%
optum care network medicare advantage $96.44 ↓ -68%
signal health medicare advantage $97.62 ↓ -68%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $97.62 ↓ -68%
multiplan medicare advantage $97.62 ↓ -68%
regence medicare advantage $99.46 ↓ -67%
regence uniform medical plan $160.73 ↓ -47%
premera commercial $190.21 ↓ -38%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $222.94 ↓ -27%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $227.27 ↓ -26%
cigna commercial $304.40 ↓ -0%
kaiser health plan commercial $361.20 ↑ +18%
coventry - first health commercial $362.64 ↑ +19%
regence commercial $368.52 ↑ +21%
aetna commercial $377.37 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $442.30 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $2,944.74 ↑ +864%

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Dest mal lesion tal 0.6-1.0cm 17261 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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