Exc ext ear/partial/simple repair 69110 at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$4,194.75
Cash price 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.
$8,225.00
Gross charge 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.
$14.03 with first choice vs $6,073.34 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| first choice | commercial | $14.03 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $31.18 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $41.73 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $96.65 | ↓ -98% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $360.09 | ↓ -91% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $363.78 | ↓ -91% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $363.78 | ↓ -91% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $363.78 | ↓ -91% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $363.78 | ↓ -91% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $363.78 | ↓ -91% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $375.30 | ↓ -91% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $375.30 | ↓ -91% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $375.30 | ↓ -91% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $386.61 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $388.51 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $617.90 | ↓ -85% |
| premera | commercial | $731.22 | ↓ -83% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,167.46 | ↓ -72% |
| regence | commercial | $1,180.26 | ↓ -72% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,188.98 | ↓ -72% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,294.05 | ↓ -69% |
| aetna | commercial | $4,497.00 | ↑ +7% |
| cigna | local plus | $6,073.34 | ↑ +45% |
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Exc ext ear/partial/simple repair 69110 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3,363.63 – $11,292.99 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $3,363.63 – $10,875.59 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $4,045.60 | $2,018.13 – $13,943.31 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $4,045.60 | $2,064.79 – $13,943.31 |
| MultiCare Capital Medical Center | Olympia | $4,045.60 | $2,171.82 – $15,028.24 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | Covington | $4,045.60 | $2,018.13 – $13,943.31 |
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $4,045.60 | $2,055.31 – $20,317.26 |