Valvuloplasty aortic at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$9,248.34
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.
$18,134.00
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.
$38.47 with first choice vs $13,390.15 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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| first choice | commercial | $38.47 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $98.70 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $610.51 | ↓ -93% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $647.95 | ↓ -93% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,323.29 | ↓ -86% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,352.66 | ↓ -85% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,352.66 | ↓ -85% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,352.66 | ↓ -85% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,352.66 | ↓ -85% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,352.66 | ↓ -85% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,386.81 | ↓ -85% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,386.81 | ↓ -85% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,386.81 | ↓ -85% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,427.75 | ↓ -85% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $1,992.18 | ↓ -78% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $2,417.80 | ↓ -74% |
| premera | commercial | $2,861.23 | ↓ -69% |
| regence | commercial | $3,208.78 | ↓ -65% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,670.45 | ↓ -60% |
| cigna | commercial | $4,369.39 | ↓ -53% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $6,330.65 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | commercial | $11,424.42 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $13,390.15 | ↑ +45% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $24,125.54 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $23,233.84 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $12,660.90 | $6,342.36 – $16,141.31 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $17,334.72 | $6,609.26 – $24,125.54 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $11,677.40 | $2,227.73 – $18,379.01 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,262.40 | $6,481.57 – $18,775.32 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $7,757.36 | $5,563.90 – $23,283.38 |