Enterostomy/cecostomy tube open 44300 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

$2,897.31

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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.

$5,681.00

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.

$3.64 with confluence health vs $9,117.06 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

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
confluence health medicare advantage $3.64 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $6.82 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $18.39 ↓ -99%
first choice commercial $24.88 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $27.64 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $864.83 ↓ -70%
humana medicare advantage $884.53 ↓ -69%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $884.53 ↓ -69%
united healthcare medicare advantage $884.53 ↓ -69%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $884.53 ↓ -69%
optum care network medicare advantage $884.53 ↓ -69%
signal health medicare advantage $904.90 ↓ -69%
multiplan medicare advantage $904.90 ↓ -69%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $904.90 ↓ -69%
regence medicare advantage $933.10 ↓ -68%
regence uniform medical plan $1,572.26 ↓ -46%
premera commercial $1,860.61 ↓ -36%
regence commercial $2,086.62 ↓ -28%
coventry - first health commercial $2,101.41 ↓ -27%
cigna commercial $2,855.61 ↓ -1%
kaiser health plan commercial $3,966.80 ↑ +37%
aetna commercial $8,500.00 ↑ +193%
cigna local plus $9,117.06 ↑ +215%

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Enterostomy/cecostomy tube open 44300 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $2,222.08 – $6,750.66
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $2,222.08 – $5,199.66
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $2,481.20 $2,183.74 – $9,211.19
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $2,481.20 $2,194.69 – $9,211.19
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $2,481.20 $2,177.63 – $9,927.90
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $2,481.20 $2,183.74 – $9,211.19
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $2,481.20 $2,260.54 – $15,419.10
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $2,481.20 $2,194.69 – $9,211.19

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