Ghs layered repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm -12045 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

$938.91

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.

$1,841.00

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.

$12.08 with first choice vs $1,359.39 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 $12.08 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $162.39 ↓ -83%
aetna medicare advantage $242.85 ↓ -74%
united healthcare commercial $290.88 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage $295.47 ↓ -69%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $295.47 ↓ -69%
united healthcare medicare advantage $295.47 ↓ -69%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $295.47 ↓ -69%
optum care network medicare advantage $295.47 ↓ -69%
signal health medicare advantage $303.30 ↓ -68%
multiplan medicare advantage $303.30 ↓ -68%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $303.30 ↓ -68%
regence medicare advantage $313.84 ↓ -67%
regence uniform medical plan $512.20 ↓ -45%
premera commercial $606.14 ↓ -35%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $686.78 ↓ -27%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $700.12 ↓ -25%
coventry - first health commercial $933.03 ↓ -1%
cigna commercial $960.47 ↑ +2%
regence commercial $1,035.84 ↑ +10%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,110.12 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $1,159.83 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $1,359.39 ↑ +45%

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Ghs layered repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm -12045 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,622.88 $855.84 – $2,600.04
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,622.88 $855.84 – $2,261.44
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $531.30 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $702.10 $823.58 – $2,096.01
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,622.88 $858.24 – $2,335.99
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,523.60 $855.84 – $2,907.57
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $531.30 not published

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