Emb w/colposcopy 58110 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

$121.38

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.

$238.00

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.

$1.49 with first choice vs $175.74 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 $1.49 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $14.39 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage $21.12 ↓ -83%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $27.62 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $39.55 ↓ -67%
united healthcare commercial $40.75 ↓ -66%
humana medicare advantage $41.80 ↓ -66%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $41.80 ↓ -66%
united healthcare medicare advantage $41.80 ↓ -66%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $41.80 ↓ -66%
optum care network medicare advantage $41.80 ↓ -66%
signal health medicare advantage $42.61 ↓ -65%
multiplan medicare advantage $42.61 ↓ -65%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $42.61 ↓ -65%
regence medicare advantage $43.97 ↓ -64%
regence uniform medical plan $74.42 ↓ -39%
premera commercial $88.07 ↓ -27%
regence commercial $123.67 ↑ +2%
coventry - first health commercial $126.59 ↑ +4%
cigna commercial $134.57 ↑ +11%
kaiser health plan commercial $143.51 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $149.94 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $175.74 ↑ +45%

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Emb w/colposcopy 58110 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $83.20 $317.59 – $343.00
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $83.20 $324.94 – $350.93
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $83.20 $341.78 – $506.34
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $83.20 $317.59 – $343.00
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $83.20 $323.44 – $1,148.23
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $83.20 $325.06 – $351.07
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $132.44 – $132.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $13,212.00 – $13,212.00

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