Revise eye muscle add-on 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

$711.45

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.

$1,395.00

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.

$10.16 with first choice vs $1,030.07 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 $10.16 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $14.09 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $22.58 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage $52.24 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $70.26 ↓ -90%
united healthcare commercial $301.56 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage $306.91 ↓ -57%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $306.91 ↓ -57%
united healthcare medicare advantage $306.91 ↓ -57%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $306.91 ↓ -57%
optum care network medicare advantage $306.91 ↓ -57%
signal health medicare advantage $315.03 ↓ -56%
multiplan medicare advantage $315.03 ↓ -56%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $315.03 ↓ -56%
regence medicare advantage $325.36 ↓ -54%
regence uniform medical plan $534.09 ↓ -25%
premera commercial $632.05 ↓ -11%
regence commercial $708.82 ↓ -0%
kaiser health plan commercial $841.18 ↑ +18%
coventry - first health commercial $873.31 ↑ +23%
aetna commercial $878.85 ↑ +24%
cigna commercial $995.72 ↑ +40%
cigna local plus $1,030.07 ↑ +45%

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Revise eye muscle add-on at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $1,168.57 – $1,168.57
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $20,964.00 – $20,964.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $12,814.00 – $12,814.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $30,494.41 – $30,494.41
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,836.00 – $2,836.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $17,967.00 – $17,967.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $485.93 – $485.93
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $15,653.00 – $15,653.00

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