Skyla, 13.5 mg at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$782.30
Cash price 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.
$1,533.92
Gross charge 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.
$920.35 with premera vs $1,227.14 with coventry - first health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| premera | commercial | $920.35 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $924.95 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $966.37 | ↑ +24% |
| first choice | commercial | $982.48 | ↑ +26% |
| regence | commercial | $1,073.74 | ↑ +37% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,073.74 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | local plus | $1,132.65 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $1,132.65 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $1,227.14 | ↑ +57% |
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Skyla, 13.5 mg at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $1,009.09 – $1,009.09 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $1,009.09 – $1,009.09 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,096.26 | $1,009.09 – $2,022.76 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $1,096.26 | $1,009.09 – $2,022.76 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $2,487.41 | $1,926.44 – $3,426.30 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,720.97 | $1,637.01 – $3,426.30 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,714.17 | $1,559.86 – $2,855.25 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,866.61 | $1,559.86 – $2,855.25 |