Skin full graft add-on 15241 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

$343.74

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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.

$674.00

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.

$5.24 with first choice vs $2,448.24 with aetna — 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

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 $5.24 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $73.29 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage $96.75 ↓ -72%
united healthcare commercial $108.03 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage $111.79 ↓ -67%
optum care network medicare advantage $111.79 ↓ -67%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $111.79 ↓ -67%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $111.79 ↓ -67%
united healthcare medicare advantage $111.79 ↓ -67%
signal health medicare advantage $114.40 ↓ -67%
multiplan medicare advantage $114.40 ↓ -67%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $114.40 ↓ -67%
regence medicare advantage $116.55 ↓ -66%
regence uniform medical plan $195.12 ↓ -43%
confluence health medicare advantage $202.25 ↓ -41%
premera commercial $230.91 ↓ -33%
cigna commercial $356.70 ↑ +4%
kaiser health plan commercial $406.42 ↑ +18%
aetna commercial $424.62 ↑ +24%
regence commercial $430.77 ↑ +25%
coventry - first health commercial $464.30 ↑ +35%
cigna local plus $497.68 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $2,448.24 ↑ +612%

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Skin full graft add-on 15241 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $362.54 – $362.54
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $18,229.00 – $18,229.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah not published $11,210.00 – $11,210.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $23,717.40 – $23,717.40
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,443.00 – $2,443.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla not published $16,398.00 – $16,398.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $177.28 – $177.28
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane not published $12,776.00 – $12,776.00

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