Orchiopexy ingun/scrot appr 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

$4,752.18

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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.

$9,318.00

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.

$12.67 with first choice vs $6,880.41 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 $12.67 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $37.30 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $37.73 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $74.10 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage $83.82 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $443.75 ↓ -91%
humana medicare advantage $459.26 ↓ -90%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $459.26 ↓ -90%
united healthcare medicare advantage $459.26 ↓ -90%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $459.26 ↓ -90%
optum care network medicare advantage $459.26 ↓ -90%
signal health medicare advantage $466.69 ↓ -90%
multiplan medicare advantage $466.69 ↓ -90%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $466.69 ↓ -90%
regence medicare advantage $478.78 ↓ -90%
regence uniform medical plan $798.01 ↓ -83%
premera commercial $944.37 ↓ -80%
regence commercial $1,059.08 ↓ -78%
coventry - first health commercial $1,308.80 ↓ -72%
cigna commercial $1,465.22 ↓ -69%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,176.46 ↓ -54%
aetna commercial $5,870.34 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $6,880.41 ↑ +45%

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Orchiopexy ingun/scrot appr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $4,146.07 – $15,142.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $4,146.07 – $14,582.80
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $6,818.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $7,718.90 $3,989.80 – $10,154.04
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $7,400.12 $4,146.07 – $18,189.64
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $8,197.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $5,222.70 $3,065.60 – $7,381.13

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