Laparo drng lymphocele 49323 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

$6,748.83

Cash price

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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.

$13,233.00

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.

$5.16 with confluence health vs $9,771.25 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
confluence health medicare advantage $5.16 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $12.87 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $15.84 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $18.72 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $52.84 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $659.25 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage $679.35 ↓ -90%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $679.35 ↓ -90%
united healthcare medicare advantage $679.35 ↓ -90%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $679.35 ↓ -90%
optum care network medicare advantage $679.35 ↓ -90%
signal health medicare advantage $693.14 ↓ -90%
multiplan medicare advantage $693.14 ↓ -90%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $693.14 ↓ -90%
regence medicare advantage $711.30 ↓ -89%
regence uniform medical plan $1,191.39 ↓ -82%
premera commercial $1,409.89 ↓ -79%
regence commercial $1,581.15 ↓ -77%
coventry - first health commercial $1,607.93 ↓ -76%
cigna commercial $2,176.80 ↓ -68%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,946.17 ↓ -56%
aetna commercial $8,336.79 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $9,771.25 ↑ +45%

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Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $7,000.66 – $23,540.17
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $7,000.66 – $22,670.10
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Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,443.00 – $23,395.16

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