Repair defect of artery 35011 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

$9,180.00

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$18,000.00

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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.

$14.76 with aetna vs $13,291.20 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

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 ppo $14.76 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $15.47 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $25.36 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $29.34 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage $35.82 ↓ -100%
united healthcare commercial $995.94 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage $1,009.32 ↓ -89%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,009.32 ↓ -89%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,009.32 ↓ -89%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,009.32 ↓ -89%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,009.32 ↓ -89%
signal health medicare advantage $1,039.05 ↓ -89%
multiplan medicare advantage $1,039.05 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,039.05 ↓ -89%
regence medicare advantage $1,074.57 ↓ -88%
regence uniform medical plan $1,849.31 ↓ -80%
premera commercial $2,188.48 ↓ -76%
regence commercial $2,454.31 ↓ -73%
coventry - first health commercial $2,742.75 ↓ -70%
cigna commercial $3,288.53 ↓ -64%
kaiser health plan commercial $4,978.38 ↓ -46%
aetna commercial $11,340.00 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $13,291.20 ↑ +45%

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Repair defect of artery 35011 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $6,443.62 – $22,383.45
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $6,443.62 – $21,556.13
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $6,200.75 – $6,820.83
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $5,419.00 – $15,780.92
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $6,461.70 – $22,383.45
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $6,443.62 – $26,887.71
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $4,912.00 – $22,245.56

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