Transcath mv repair init prosthesis 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

$16,898.34

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.

$33,134.00

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.

$21.12 with aetna vs $26,507.20 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.

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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
aetna medicare advantage $21.12 ↓ -100%
first choice commercial $52.51 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $177.56 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $178.99 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $205.83 ↓ -99%
united healthcare commercial $1,784.59 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage $1,817.22 ↓ -89%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $1,817.22 ↓ -89%
united healthcare medicare advantage $1,817.22 ↓ -89%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $1,817.22 ↓ -89%
optum care network medicare advantage $1,817.22 ↓ -89%
signal health medicare advantage $1,865.21 ↓ -89%
multiplan medicare advantage $1,865.21 ↓ -89%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $1,865.21 ↓ -89%
regence medicare advantage $1,925.47 ↓ -89%
regence uniform medical plan $3,285.23 ↓ -81%
premera commercial $3,887.75 ↓ -77%
regence commercial $4,359.99 ↓ -74%
cigna commercial $5,892.59 ↓ -65%
kaiser health plan commercial $8,772.86 ↓ -48%
cigna local plus $9,117.06 ↓ -46%
aetna commercial $18,711.00 ↑ +11%
coventry - first health commercial $26,507.20 ↑ +57%

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Transcath mv repair init prosthesis at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $45,692.64 $7,277.00 – $7,277.00
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $45,692.64 $7,277.00 – $7,277.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $13,734.00 $5,419.00 – $33,603.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $45,692.64 $7,277.00 – $17,257.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $12,418.00 not published
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $13,093.20 $13,646.54 – $26,699.74
St. Anne Hospital Burien $9,058.80 $12,756.54 – $26,699.74
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $9,022.99 $12,459.88 – $22,249.78

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