Proctosigmoidoscopy control bleed 45317 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

$1,809.99

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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.

$3,549.00

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.

$5.18 with aetna vs $2,620.58 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
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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 ppo $5.18 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $6.55 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $7.52 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $32.14 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $113.53 ↓ -94%
humana medicare advantage $116.70 ↓ -94%
optum care network medicare advantage $116.70 ↓ -94%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $116.70 ↓ -94%
united healthcare medicare advantage $116.70 ↓ -94%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $116.70 ↓ -94%
signal health medicare advantage $119.56 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $119.56 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $119.56 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $122.49 ↓ -93%
regence uniform medical plan $203.88 ↓ -89%
premera commercial $241.27 ↓ -87%
confluence health medicare advantage $294.52 ↓ -84%
cigna commercial $374.86 ↓ -79%
kaiser health plan commercial $524.11 ↓ -71%
coventry - first health commercial $550.30 ↓ -70%
regence commercial $552.78 ↓ -69%
aetna commercial $2,235.87 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $2,620.58 ↑ +45%

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Proctosigmoidoscopy control bleed 45317 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $1,385.70 – $4,719.83
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $1,385.70 – $4,569.20
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,333.47 – $1,466.82
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $1,333.47 – $3,393.68
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $1,389.59 – $4,719.83
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $1,385.70 – $5,874.69
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $1,362.74 – $4,518.99

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