Transcath closure of vsd at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$24,086.79
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.
$47,229.00
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.
$25.32 with aetna vs $34,873.89 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.
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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| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $25.32 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $38.66 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $627.24 | ↓ -97% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $789.71 | ↓ -97% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,303.19 | ↓ -95% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,324.52 | ↓ -95% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,324.52 | ↓ -95% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,324.52 | ↓ -95% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,324.52 | ↓ -95% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,324.52 | ↓ -95% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,359.03 | ↓ -94% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,359.03 | ↓ -94% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,359.03 | ↓ -94% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,406.07 | ↓ -94% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $1,428.03 | ↓ -94% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $2,411.54 | ↓ -90% |
| premera | commercial | $2,853.83 | ↓ -88% |
| regence | commercial | $3,200.48 | ↓ -87% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,504.73 | ↓ -85% |
| cigna | commercial | $4,303.03 | ↓ -82% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $6,576.02 | ↓ -73% |
| aetna | commercial | $29,119.00 | ↑ +21% |
| cigna | local plus | $34,873.89 | ↑ +45% |
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Transcath closure of vsd at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $23,036.64 | $21,227.85 – $77,627.65 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $23,036.64 | $21,227.85 – $74,758.46 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $24,689.00 | $20,427.76 – $51,988.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $23,036.64 | $16,968.00 – $77,627.65 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $24,746.40 | $6,855.87 – $76,440.32 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $9,168.01 | $13,086.82 – $80,958.03 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $6,343.07 | $8,932.28 – $18,695.46 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $6,318.00 | $14,956.37 – $46,738.53 |