Remove anal fist inter 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

$3,481.77

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.

$6,827.00

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.

$9.36 with aetna vs $5,041.06 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
aetna medicare advantage $9.36 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $16.87 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $19.04 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $137.00 ↓ -96%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $241.56 ↓ -93%
united healthcare commercial $453.55 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage $467.27 ↓ -87%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $467.27 ↓ -87%
united healthcare medicare advantage $467.27 ↓ -87%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $467.27 ↓ -87%
optum care network medicare advantage $467.27 ↓ -87%
signal health medicare advantage $475.75 ↓ -86%
multiplan medicare advantage $475.75 ↓ -86%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $475.75 ↓ -86%
regence medicare advantage $489.35 ↓ -86%
regence uniform medical plan $792.38 ↓ -77%
premera commercial $937.71 ↓ -73%
coventry - first health commercial $1,253.16 ↓ -64%
regence commercial $1,410.17 ↓ -59%
cigna commercial $1,497.57 ↓ -57%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,777.29 ↓ -49%
aetna commercial $4,301.01 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $5,041.06 ↑ +45%

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