Drain shoulder bursa 23031 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

$2,397.51

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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.

$4,701.00

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.

$12.82 with first choice vs $3,471.22 with cigna — 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 $12.82 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $70.49 ↓ -97%
united healthcare commercial $238.93 ↓ -90%
optum care network medicare advantage $247.46 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $247.46 ↓ -90%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $247.46 ↓ -90%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $247.46 ↓ -90%
united healthcare medicare advantage $247.46 ↓ -90%
signal health medicare advantage $251.53 ↓ -90%
multiplan medicare advantage $251.53 ↓ -90%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $251.53 ↓ -90%
regence medicare advantage $257.79 ↓ -89%
regence uniform medical plan $418.39 ↓ -83%
premera commercial $495.13 ↓ -79%
cigna commercial $788.93 ↓ -67%
kaiser health plan commercial $922.95 ↓ -62%
coventry - first health commercial $976.60 ↓ -59%
regence commercial $1,086.47 ↓ -55%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,232.97 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage $1,376.97 ↓ -43%
aetna commercial $2,961.63 ↑ +24%
confluence health medicare advantage $3,346.27 ↑ +40%
cigna local plus $3,471.22 ↑ +45%

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Drain shoulder bursa 23031 at other Washington hospitals

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Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $3,363.63 – $11,292.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $3,363.63 – $10,875.59
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
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Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $3,236.85 – $8,237.79
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Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $3,363.63 – $13,565.51
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,443.00 – $11,223.43

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