Pedicle enel/ntroral 15576 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

$3,005.43

Cash price

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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.

$5,893.00

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.

$23.26 with first choice vs $4,351.39 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 $23.26 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $42.03 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage $129.67 ↓ -96%
united healthcare commercial $688.39 ↓ -77%
confluence health medicare advantage $700.74 ↓ -77%
humana medicare advantage $707.36 ↓ -76%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $707.36 ↓ -76%
united healthcare medicare advantage $707.36 ↓ -76%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $707.36 ↓ -76%
optum care network medicare advantage $707.36 ↓ -76%
multiplan medicare advantage $719.40 ↓ -76%
signal health medicare advantage $719.40 ↓ -76%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $719.40 ↓ -76%
regence medicare advantage $742.74 ↓ -75%
regence uniform medical plan $1,207.02 ↓ -60%
premera commercial $1,428.39 ↓ -52%
regence commercial $1,940.54 ↓ -35%
coventry - first health commercial $2,031.57 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $2,052.32 ↓ -32%
cigna commercial $2,273.03 ↓ -24%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,899.08 ↓ -4%
aetna commercial $3,712.59 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $4,351.39 ↑ +45%

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Pedicle enel/ntroral 15576 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $2,389.26 – $7,626.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $2,389.26 – $7,383.47
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $3,322.20 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,761.10 $2,299.21 – $5,851.48
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $3,605.68 $2,389.26 – $9,493.03
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $3,994.20 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $2,552.20 $1,615.90 – $7,367.24

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