Valvuloplasty mitral at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$16,592.34
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.
$32,534.00
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.
$39.76 with first choice vs $24,023.11 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 | $39.76 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $235.31 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $253.92 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $350.59 | ↓ -98% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,368.44 | ↓ -92% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,394.17 | ↓ -92% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,394.17 | ↓ -92% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,394.17 | ↓ -92% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,394.17 | ↓ -92% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,394.17 | ↓ -92% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,428.83 | ↓ -91% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,428.83 | ↓ -91% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,428.83 | ↓ -91% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,476.47 | ↓ -91% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $1,625.19 | ↓ -90% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $2,500.97 | ↓ -85% |
| premera | commercial | $2,959.66 | ↓ -82% |
| regence | commercial | $3,319.17 | ↓ -80% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $3,789.29 | ↓ -77% |
| cigna | commercial | $4,518.48 | ↓ -73% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $6,534.66 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | commercial | $20,496.42 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $24,023.11 | ↑ +45% |
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Valvuloplasty mitral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $35,124.00 | $13,368.05 – $48,254.30 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $35,124.00 | $13,368.05 – $46,470.77 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $12,234.60 | $12,864.20 – $32,739.40 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $35,124.00 | $13,405.56 – $48,254.30 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $56,800.10 | $2,304.59 – $36,760.46 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $10,513.36 | $13,146.56 – $37,553.14 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $16,235.60 | $5,833.67 – $47,238.13 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $8,756.59 | $12,499.55 – $50,029.96 |