Drainage of nose lesion int 30000 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

$399.84

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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.

$784.00

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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.

$7.89 with first choice vs $583.84 with coventry - first health — 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 $7.89 ↓ -98%
confluence health medicare advantage $25.27 ↓ -94%
aetna medicare advantage $55.75 ↓ -86%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $64.45 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $74.86 ↓ -81%
united healthcare commercial $131.67 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage $135.32 ↓ -66%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $135.32 ↓ -66%
united healthcare medicare advantage $135.32 ↓ -66%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $135.32 ↓ -66%
optum care network medicare advantage $135.32 ↓ -66%
signal health medicare advantage $137.63 ↓ -66%
multiplan medicare advantage $137.63 ↓ -66%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $137.63 ↓ -66%
regence medicare advantage $142.07 ↓ -64%
regence uniform medical plan $228.27 ↓ -43%
premera commercial $270.14 ↓ -32%
cigna commercial $434.77 ↑ +9%
kaiser health plan commercial $472.75 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $493.92 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $548.80 ↑ +37%
cigna local plus $578.91 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $583.84 ↑ +46%

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Drainage of nose lesion int 30000 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $655.20 $274.27 – $957.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $655.20 $274.27 – $926.56
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $311.50 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $491.40 $263.93 – $671.71
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $655.20 $275.04 – $957.11
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $479.96 $274.27 – $1,191.29
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $364.00 not published

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