Intracranial angioplasty at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$6,186.30
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.
$12,130.00
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.
$16.53 with confluence health 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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| confluence health | medicare advantage | $16.53 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $17.78 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $25.20 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $40.18 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $55.92 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,392.01 | ↓ -77% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,418.16 | ↓ -77% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,418.16 | ↓ -77% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,418.16 | ↓ -77% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,418.16 | ↓ -77% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,418.16 | ↓ -77% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,451.17 | ↓ -77% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,451.17 | ↓ -77% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,451.17 | ↓ -77% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,501.89 | ↓ -76% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $2,554.13 | ↓ -59% |
| premera | commercial | $3,022.57 | ↓ -51% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,335.29 | ↓ -46% |
| regence | commercial | $3,389.72 | ↓ -45% |
| cigna | commercial | $4,596.30 | ↓ -26% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $6,530.34 | ↑ +6% |
| cigna | local plus | $9,117.06 | ↑ +47% |
| aetna | commercial | $18,711.00 | ↑ +202% |
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Intracranial angioplasty at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $7,636.32 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $7,636.32 | $7,277.00 – $7,277.00 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $4,435.90 | $9,231.00 – $33,603.00 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $7,636.32 | $7,277.00 – $17,257.00 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $4,175.50 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $14,414.40 | $2,309.76 – $11,457.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $2,321.80 | $9,161.00 – $13,908.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $15,196.40 | $2,500.00 – $2,500.00 |