Destruction by injection tx of nerve 64630 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

$1,412.70

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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.

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$2,770.00

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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.

$7.49 with first choice vs $2,045.37 with cigna — 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

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 $7.49 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $70.72 ↓ -95%
confluence health medicare advantage $90.97 ↓ -94%
united healthcare commercial $199.50 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $206.28 ↓ -85%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $206.28 ↓ -85%
united healthcare medicare advantage $206.28 ↓ -85%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $206.28 ↓ -85%
optum care network medicare advantage $206.28 ↓ -85%
signal health medicare advantage $209.03 ↓ -85%
multiplan medicare advantage $209.03 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $209.03 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $215.25 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $342.95 ↓ -76%
regence uniform medical plan $356.48 ↓ -75%
premera commercial $421.86 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage $570.94 ↓ -60%
coventry - first health commercial $591.30 ↓ -58%
regence commercial $634.95 ↓ -55%
cigna commercial $658.73 ↓ -53%
kaiser health plan commercial $865.45 ↓ -39%
aetna commercial $1,745.10 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $2,045.37 ↑ +45%

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Destruction by injection tx of nerve 64630 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,024.21 – $3,816.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,024.21 – $3,694.83
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,646.40 $786.86 – $3,792.20
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $2,679.60 $804.85 – $4,245.66
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $2,679.60 $823.46 – $4,245.66
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $2,105.60 $866.15 – $4,576.02
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $2,679.60 $804.85 – $4,245.66

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