Parathyroid autotransplantation 60512 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

$1,716.15

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.

$3,365.00

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.

$7.09 with first choice vs $2,484.72 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $7.09 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $32.84 ↓ -98%
confluence health medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $44.40 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $73.26 ↓ -96%
united healthcare commercial $244.66 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage $247.75 ↓ -86%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $247.75 ↓ -86%
united healthcare medicare advantage $247.75 ↓ -86%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $247.75 ↓ -86%
optum care network medicare advantage $247.75 ↓ -86%
signal health medicare advantage $254.47 ↓ -85%
multiplan medicare advantage $254.47 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $254.47 ↓ -85%
regence medicare advantage $263.97 ↓ -85%
regence uniform medical plan $449.04 ↓ -74%
premera commercial $531.39 ↓ -69%
regence commercial $595.94 ↓ -65%
coventry - first health commercial $622.56 ↓ -64%
cigna commercial $807.84 ↓ -53%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,182.08 ↓ -31%
aetna commercial $2,119.95 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $2,484.72 ↑ +45%

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Parathyroid autotransplantation 60512 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $782.58 – $782.58
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $18,229.00 – $18,229.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $11,210.00 – $11,210.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $23,717.40 – $23,717.40
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,443.00 – $2,443.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $16,398.00 – $16,398.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $409.06 – $409.06
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $12,776.00 – $12,776.00

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