Repair lip full thkns =<one-half vert height 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

$856.29

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.

$1,679.00

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.

$15.36 with first choice vs $1,239.77 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 $15.36 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $17.16 ↓ -98%
multiplan medicare advantage $388.30 ↓ -55%
united healthcare commercial $390.02 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $402.12 ↓ -53%
optum care network medicare advantage $403.14 ↓ -53%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $403.14 ↓ -53%
humana medicare advantage $403.14 ↓ -53%
united healthcare medicare advantage $403.14 ↓ -53%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $403.14 ↓ -53%
signal health medicare advantage $409.59 ↓ -52%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $409.59 ↓ -52%
regence medicare advantage $420.81 ↓ -51%
confluence health medicare advantage $430.38 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage $438.93 ↓ -49%
regence uniform medical plan $678.56 ↓ -21%
premera commercial $803.01 ↓ -6%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,012.44 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $1,057.77 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $1,175.30 ↑ +37%
coventry - first health commercial $1,233.96 ↑ +44%
cigna commercial $1,239.77 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $1,239.77 ↑ +45%

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Repair lip full thkns =<one-half vert height at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,584.48 $624.54 – $2,076.08
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,584.48 $624.54 – $2,009.83
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $736.40 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,910.30 $601.00 – $1,529.54
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,584.48 $626.29 – $2,076.08
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,256.32 $624.54 – $2,584.06
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $797.30 not published

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