Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed 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

$1,406.58

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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.

$2,758.00

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.

$3.17 with first choice vs $2,206.40 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 $3.17 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $4.56 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $9.78 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $13.19 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $61.98 ↓ -96%
united healthcare commercial $107.71 ↓ -92%
humana medicare advantage $109.92 ↓ -92%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $109.92 ↓ -92%
united healthcare medicare advantage $109.92 ↓ -92%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $109.92 ↓ -92%
optum care network medicare advantage $109.92 ↓ -92%
signal health medicare advantage $111.45 ↓ -92%
multiplan medicare advantage $111.45 ↓ -92%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $111.45 ↓ -92%
regence medicare advantage $116.21 ↓ -92%
regence uniform medical plan $198.88 ↓ -86%
premera commercial $235.35 ↓ -83%
regence commercial $263.94 ↓ -81%
cigna commercial $355.64 ↓ -75%
kaiser health plan commercial $534.53 ↓ -62%
aetna commercial $1,737.54 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $2,036.51 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $2,206.40 ↑ +57%

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Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,381.28 $1,050.28 – $3,693.82
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,381.28 $1,050.28 – $3,575.94
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $791.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,312.50 $1,010.69 – $2,572.22
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,381.28 $1,053.23 – $3,693.82
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,724.84 $1,050.28 – $4,597.63
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,094.10 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →