Unlisted procedure pancreas 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

$2,010.42

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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.

$3,942.00

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.

$536.48 with multiplan vs $2,759.20 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
multiplan medicare advantage $536.48 ↓ -73%
regence medicare advantage $651.44 ↓ -68%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $766.40 ↓ -62%
optum care network medicare advantage $766.40 ↓ -62%
humana medicare advantage $766.40 ↓ -62%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $766.40 ↓ -62%
united healthcare medicare advantage $766.40 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $789.40 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $804.72 ↓ -60%
regence uniform medical plan $1,813.12 ↓ -10%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,922.25 ↓ -4%
premera commercial $2,069.40 ↑ +3%
aetna commercial $2,172.87 ↑ +8%
regence commercial $2,189.73 ↑ +9%
first choice commercial $2,209.08 ↑ +10%
cigna commercial $2,284.27 ↑ +14%
cigna local plus $2,546.74 ↑ +27%
united healthcare commercial $2,591.32 ↑ +29%
coventry - first health commercial $2,759.20 ↑ +37%

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Unlisted procedure pancreas at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,882.56 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,882.56 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,571.50 $789.10 – $2,008.27
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,882.56 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $789.10 – $868.01
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $820.01 – $3,568.56
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $806.42 – $2,745.05

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