Drain blood from under nail 11740 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

$189.72

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.

$372.00

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.

$1.65 with first choice vs $3,213.23 with aetna — 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 $1.65 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $16.09 ↓ -92%
united healthcare commercial $34.57 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $36.59 ↓ -81%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $36.59 ↓ -81%
united healthcare medicare advantage $36.59 ↓ -81%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $36.59 ↓ -81%
optum care network medicare advantage $36.59 ↓ -81%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $36.85 ↓ -81%
signal health medicare advantage $36.85 ↓ -81%
multiplan medicare advantage $36.85 ↓ -81%
regence medicare advantage $37.30 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $56.57 ↓ -70%
regence uniform medical plan $59.41 ↓ -69%
premera commercial $70.31 ↓ -63%
cigna commercial $114.15 ↓ -40%
coventry - first health commercial $115.32 ↓ -39%
kaiser health plan commercial $130.71 ↓ -31%
regence commercial $141.93 ↓ -25%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $144.62 ↓ -24%
aetna commercial $234.36 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $274.68 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage $3,213.23 ↑ +1594%

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Drain blood from under nail 11740 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $204.00 $154.07 – $512.44
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $204.00 $154.07 – $496.09
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $64.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $215.60 $148.26 – $392.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $204.00 $154.50 – $512.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $320.84 $154.07 – $679.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $64.40 not published

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