Ghs intermed repair over 30 cm - 12037 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

$3,147.21

Cash price

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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.

$6,171.00

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.

$14.47 with first choice vs $4,556.67 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 $14.47 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $192.99 ↓ -94%
united healthcare commercial $340.29 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage $349.31 ↓ -89%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $349.31 ↓ -89%
united healthcare medicare advantage $349.31 ↓ -89%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $349.31 ↓ -89%
optum care network medicare advantage $349.31 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $357.20 ↓ -89%
signal health medicare advantage $357.20 ↓ -89%
multiplan medicare advantage $357.20 ↓ -89%
regence medicare advantage $367.16 ↓ -88%
regence uniform medical plan $609.14 ↓ -81%
premera commercial $720.86 ↓ -77%
cigna commercial $1,123.62 ↓ -64%
coventry - first health commercial $1,137.41 ↓ -64%
regence commercial $1,207.65 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $1,225.76 ↓ -61%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,484.72 ↓ -53%
aetna medicare advantage $1,709.07 ↓ -46%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $2,052.32 ↓ -35%
aetna commercial $3,887.73 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $4,556.67 ↑ +45%

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Ghs intermed repair over 30 cm - 12037 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,752.32 $2,389.26 – $7,626.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,752.32 $2,389.26 – $7,383.47
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $816.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,442.00 $2,299.21 – $5,851.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,752.32 $2,395.96 – $7,626.88
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $4,334.20 $2,389.26 – $9,493.03
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $560.70 not published

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