Unlisted procedure esophagus at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$1,634.04
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.
$3,204.00
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.
$714.88 with multiplan vs $3,453.03 with united healthcare — 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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| multiplan | medicare advantage | $714.88 | ↓ -56% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $868.07 | ↓ -47% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,021.26 | ↓ -38% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,021.26 | ↓ -38% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,021.26 | ↓ -38% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,021.26 | ↓ -38% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,021.26 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $1,051.90 | ↓ -36% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $1,072.33 | ↓ -34% |
| premera | commercial | $1,922.40 | ↑ +18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,932.01 | ↑ +18% |
| aetna | commercial | $2,018.52 | ↑ +24% |
| first choice | commercial | $2,052.16 | ↑ +26% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $2,242.80 | ↑ +37% |
| regence | commercial | $2,242.80 | ↑ +37% |
| cigna | local plus | $2,365.83 | ↑ +45% |
| cigna | commercial | $2,365.83 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $2,563.20 | ↑ +57% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $3,453.03 | ↑ +111% |
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Unlisted procedure esophagus at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,610.24 | $1,050.28 – $3,693.82 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,610.24 | $1,050.28 – $3,575.94 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,413.60 | $1,010.69 – $2,572.22 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,610.24 | $1,053.23 – $3,693.82 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,067.35 | $1,523.58 – $3,890.63 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $738.47 | $1,039.90 – $2,176.54 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $735.55 | $1,741.23 – $2,246.13 |