Perq transcath cls mitral 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

$25,290.90

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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.

$49,590.00

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.

$15.80 with aetna vs $39,672.00 with coventry - first health — 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

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
aetna medicare advantage hmo $15.80 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $31.31 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $58.69 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $1,080.74 ↓ -96%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,091.99 ↓ -96%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,091.99 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage $1,091.99 ↓ -96%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,091.99 ↓ -96%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,091.99 ↓ -96%
signal health medicare advantage $1,120.14 ↓ -96%
multiplan medicare advantage $1,120.14 ↓ -96%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,120.14 ↓ -96%
regence medicare advantage $1,166.05 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $1,318.52 ↓ -95%
regence uniform medical plan $1,955.63 ↓ -92%
premera commercial $2,314.29 ↓ -91%
regence commercial $2,595.41 ↓ -90%
cigna commercial $3,568.52 ↓ -86%
kaiser health plan commercial $5,216.35 ↓ -79%
aetna commercial $29,119.00 ↑ +15%
cigna local plus $36,617.26 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $39,672.00 ↑ +57%

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Perq transcath cls mitral at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $52,218.72 $21,227.85 – $77,627.65
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $52,218.72 $21,227.85 – $74,758.46
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $44,088.80 $20,427.76 – $51,988.64
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $52,218.72 $16,968.00 – $77,627.65
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $32,437.30 $15,537.80 – $37,791.35
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $41,885.90 $12,978.00 – $53,622.86
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $15,623.92 $10,898.00 – $60,412.49
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $24,123.60 $20,619.78 – $76,440.32

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