Incisn of toe tndn at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$2,428.11
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.
$4,761.00
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.
$6.80 with first choice vs $3,515.52 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 | $6.80 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $18.76 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $120.36 | ↓ -95% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $125.65 | ↓ -95% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $222.36 | ↓ -91% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $232.19 | ↓ -90% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $232.19 | ↓ -90% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $232.19 | ↓ -90% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $232.19 | ↓ -90% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $232.19 | ↓ -90% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $236.11 | ↓ -90% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $236.11 | ↓ -90% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $236.11 | ↓ -90% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $239.92 | ↓ -90% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $377.88 | ↓ -84% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $387.12 | ↓ -84% |
| premera | commercial | $458.12 | ↓ -81% |
| regence | commercial | $577.68 | ↓ -76% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $589.51 | ↓ -76% |
| cigna | commercial | $734.22 | ↓ -70% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $892.26 | ↓ -63% |
| aetna | commercial | $2,999.43 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $3,515.52 | ↑ +45% |
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Incisn of toe tndn at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $1,862.04 – $6,600.75 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $1,862.04 – $6,356.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $1,768.80 | $1,918.31 – $5,002.19 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,525.86 | $2,178.08 – $6,760.89 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,055.70 | $1,486.63 – $3,111.54 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,051.53 | $2,489.23 – $3,903.19 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $3,665.60 | $1,496.70 – $7,718.72 |