Tongue biopsy; posterior one-third 41105 at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$3,306.33
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.
$6,483.00
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.
$5.53 with first choice vs $7,193.00 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.
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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| first choice | commercial | $5.53 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $14.41 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $38.09 | ↓ -99% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $118.44 | ↓ -96% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $121.65 | ↓ -96% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $121.65 | ↓ -96% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $121.65 | ↓ -96% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $121.65 | ↓ -96% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $121.65 | ↓ -96% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $124.25 | ↓ -96% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $124.25 | ↓ -96% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $124.25 | ↓ -96% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $127.79 | ↓ -96% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $206.38 | ↓ -94% |
| premera | commercial | $244.23 | ↓ -93% |
| cigna | commercial | $391.09 | ↓ -88% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $430.33 | ↓ -87% |
| regence | commercial | $469.78 | ↓ -86% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $476.48 | ↓ -86% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $679.05 | ↓ -79% |
| aetna | commercial | $4,084.29 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $4,787.05 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $7,193.00 | ↑ +118% |
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Tongue biopsy; posterior one-third 41105 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | not published | $3,839.27 – $12,755.94 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | not published | $3,839.27 – $12,284.47 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,802.69 | $2,573.24 – $13,408.63 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,247.23 | $1,756.34 – $3,676.05 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,242.30 | $2,940.84 – $7,741.04 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,352.78 | $2,940.84 – $7,741.04 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $1,443.32 | $694.37 – $3,676.05 |