Dressing change not for burn w/anes 15852 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

$734.40

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.

$1,440.00

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.

$1.36 with first choice vs $1,063.30 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 $1.36 ↓ -100%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $46.02 ↓ -94%
humana medicare advantage $46.02 ↓ -94%
united healthcare medicare advantage $46.02 ↓ -94%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $46.02 ↓ -94%
optum care network medicare advantage $46.02 ↓ -94%
united healthcare commercial $46.66 ↓ -94%
signal health medicare advantage $47.23 ↓ -94%
multiplan medicare advantage $47.23 ↓ -94%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $47.23 ↓ -94%
regence medicare advantage $50.34 ↓ -93%
regence uniform medical plan $85.68 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $97.40 ↓ -87%
premera commercial $101.39 ↓ -86%
regence commercial $113.71 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $119.27 ↓ -84%
coventry - first health commercial $122.17 ↓ -83%
confluence health medicare advantage $131.89 ↓ -82%
cigna commercial $154.06 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage $201.08 ↓ -73%
kaiser health plan commercial $223.54 ↓ -70%
aetna commercial $907.20 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,063.30 ↑ +45%

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Dressing change not for burn w/anes 15852 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $855.84 – $2,600.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $855.84 – $2,261.44
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $868.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,375.50 $823.58 – $2,096.01
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,342.12 $855.84 – $2,907.57
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,016.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $917.00 $556.51 – $2,256.47

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