Insert intrauterine device iud 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

$352.92

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.

$692.00

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.

$3.05 with first choice vs $510.97 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 $3.05 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $51.81 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage $52.62 ↓ -85%
united healthcare medicare advantage $52.62 ↓ -85%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $52.62 ↓ -85%
optum care network medicare advantage $52.62 ↓ -85%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $52.62 ↓ -85%
signal health medicare advantage $53.74 ↓ -85%
multiplan medicare advantage $53.74 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $53.74 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $55.90 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $56.86 ↓ -84%
regence uniform medical plan $93.81 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $99.71 ↓ -72%
premera commercial $111.02 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage $156.06 ↓ -56%
cigna commercial $171.06 ↓ -52%
coventry - first health commercial $195.48 ↓ -45%
kaiser health plan commercial $258.08 ↓ -27%
regence commercial $275.56 ↓ -22%
confluence health medicare advantage $323.75 ↓ -8%
aetna commercial $435.96 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $510.97 ↑ +45%

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Insert intrauterine device iud at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $949.92 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $949.92 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $263.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $280.00 $13,212.00 – $13,212.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $949.92 $9,339.00 – $9,339.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $308.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $943.60 $6,522.00 – $6,522.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $928.20 $85.49 – $85.49

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