Exc sq tum/vasc malform/hand/fngr 26111 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

$3,684.75

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.

$7,225.00

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.

$12.28 with first choice vs $5,334.94 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 $12.28 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $31.96 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $42.46 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $117.30 ↓ -97%
united healthcare commercial $447.98 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage $463.84 ↓ -87%
optum care network medicare advantage $463.84 ↓ -87%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $463.84 ↓ -87%
united healthcare medicare advantage $463.84 ↓ -87%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $463.84 ↓ -87%
signal health medicare advantage $471.40 ↓ -87%
multiplan medicare advantage $471.40 ↓ -87%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $471.40 ↓ -87%
regence medicare advantage $483.35 ↓ -87%
regence uniform medical plan $785.50 ↓ -79%
premera commercial $929.57 ↓ -75%
regence commercial $1,042.48 ↓ -72%
coventry - first health commercial $1,084.79 ↓ -71%
confluence health medicare advantage $1,307.68 ↓ -65%
cigna commercial $1,479.21 ↓ -60%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,785.17 ↓ -52%
aetna commercial $4,551.75 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $5,334.94 ↑ +45%

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Exc sq tum/vasc malform/hand/fngr 26111 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,760.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,912.53 – $6,684.56
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,912.53 – $6,437.49
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,840.45 – $2,024.49
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,840.45 – $4,683.94
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,917.90 – $6,684.56
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,912.53 – $8,029.71
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $1,880.84 – $6,643.38

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