Intracran angioplsty w/stent at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$9,578.82
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.
$18,782.00
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.
$10.59 with aetna vs $18,711.00 with aetna — 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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| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $10.59 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $16.53 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $17.20 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $35.21 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $42.48 | ↓ -100% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,502.20 | ↓ -84% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,550.31 | ↓ -84% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,550.31 | ↓ -84% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,550.31 | ↓ -84% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,550.31 | ↓ -84% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,550.31 | ↓ -84% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,574.38 | ↓ -84% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,574.38 | ↓ -84% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,574.38 | ↓ -84% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,620.79 | ↓ -83% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $2,758.01 | ↓ -71% |
| premera | commercial | $3,263.84 | ↓ -66% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,622.54 | ↓ -62% |
| regence | commercial | $3,660.30 | ↓ -62% |
| cigna | commercial | $4,960.16 | ↓ -48% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $6,988.42 | ↓ -27% |
| cigna | local plus | $9,117.06 | ↓ -5% |
| aetna | commercial | $18,711.00 | ↑ +95% |
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Intracran angioplsty w/stent at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $12,655.20 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $12,655.20 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $5,068.00 | $9,231.00 – $33,603.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $12,655.20 | $7,277.00 – $17,257.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,531.88 | $9,161.00 – $13,908.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $15,196.40 | $2,500.00 – $2,500.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $5,213.64 | $5,433.97 – $10,631.68 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $3,607.16 | $5,079.58 – $10,631.68 |