Dup scan/ue art/graft/bilat/comp 93930 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

$645.66

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.

$1,266.00

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.

$6.05 with first choice vs $891.79 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 $6.05 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $110.12 ↓ -83%
multiplan medicare advantage $184.31 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage $212.66 ↓ -67%
united healthcare commercial $223.31 ↓ -65%
regence medicare advantage $223.81 ↓ -65%
united healthcare medicare advantage $226.94 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage $226.94 ↓ -65%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $226.94 ↓ -65%
optum care network medicare advantage $226.94 ↓ -65%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $226.94 ↓ -65%
signal health medicare advantage $235.17 ↓ -64%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $235.17 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $271.20 ↓ -58%
regence uniform medical plan $367.11 ↓ -43%
confluence health medicare advantage $405.29 ↓ -37%
premera commercial $434.44 ↓ -33%
regence commercial $487.21 ↓ -25%
coventry - first health commercial $658.23 ↑ +2%
kaiser health plan commercial $682.63 ↑ +6%
cigna commercial $737.35 ↑ +14%
aetna commercial $797.58 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $891.79 ↑ +38%

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Dup scan/ue art/graft/bilat/comp 93930 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,147.20 $276.30 – $1,095.29
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,147.20 $276.30 – $1,060.33
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,321.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,033.50 $265.88 – $838.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,147.20 $277.07 – $1,095.29
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,302.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,787.80 $217.13 – $491.89
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,189.30 $265.88 – $911.19

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