Ep induct arrhy by elect pacing 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

$1,242.36

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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.

$2,436.00

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.

$10.68 with first choice vs $1,948.80 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 $10.68 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $29.15 ↓ -98%
confluence health medicare advantage $303.30 ↓ -76%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $379.23 ↓ -69%
united healthcare medicare advantage $379.23 ↓ -69%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $379.23 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage $379.23 ↓ -69%
optum care network medicare advantage $379.23 ↓ -69%
united healthcare commercial $381.10 ↓ -69%
signal health medicare advantage $389.21 ↓ -69%
multiplan medicare advantage $389.21 ↓ -69%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $389.21 ↓ -69%
regence medicare advantage $411.18 ↓ -67%
regence uniform medical plan $664.17 ↓ -47%
premera commercial $785.99 ↓ -37%
regence commercial $881.46 ↓ -29%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $964.64 ↓ -22%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,021.22 ↓ -18%
cigna commercial $1,258.36 ↑ +1%
aetna commercial $1,534.68 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,798.74 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,948.80 ↑ +57%

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Ep induct arrhy by elect pacing at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,106.08 $1,409.90 – $4,809.42
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,106.08 $1,409.90 – $4,631.66
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,597.60 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,421.40 $1,356.76 – $3,452.95
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,106.08 $1,413.85 – $4,809.42
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $1,800.00 $1,369.51 – $4,970.92
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,071.20 $1,452.51 – $3,704.13
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,179.39 $3,110.96 – $5,264.70

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →