Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss trnk 10.1-30sqcm 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

$2,861.10

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.

$5,610.00

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.

$23.66 with first choice vs $4,142.42 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.

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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
first choice commercial $23.66 ↓ -99%
confluence health medicare advantage $416.05 ↓ -85%
united healthcare commercial $692.15 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage $712.30 ↓ -75%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $712.30 ↓ -75%
united healthcare medicare advantage $712.30 ↓ -75%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $712.30 ↓ -75%
optum care network medicare advantage $712.30 ↓ -75%
signal health medicare advantage $726.52 ↓ -75%
multiplan medicare advantage $726.52 ↓ -75%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $726.52 ↓ -75%
regence medicare advantage $746.79 ↓ -74%
regence uniform medical plan $1,217.65 ↓ -57%
premera commercial $1,440.97 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage $1,705.96 ↓ -40%
regence commercial $2,016.07 ↓ -30%
coventry - first health commercial $2,027.30 ↓ -29%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $2,052.32 ↓ -28%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $2,068.62 ↓ -28%
cigna commercial $2,285.43 ↓ -20%
kaiser health plan commercial $2,824.82 ↓ -1%
aetna commercial $3,534.30 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $4,142.42 ↑ +45%

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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss trnk 10.1-30sqcm at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $5,121.60 $2,389.26 – $7,626.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $5,121.60 $2,389.26 – $7,383.47
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $5,121.60 $2,395.96 – $7,626.88
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $2,299.21 – $2,529.13
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $2,299.21 – $5,851.48
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $2,389.26 – $9,493.03
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $2,349.67 – $7,302.33

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