Valvuloplasty pulmonary at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$15,802.35
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.
$30,985.00
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.
$31.73 with first choice vs $22,879.32 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 | $31.73 | ↓ -100% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $82.54 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $214.07 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $355.27 | ↓ -98% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $1,094.97 | ↓ -93% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $1,119.75 | ↓ -93% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $1,119.75 | ↓ -93% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $1,119.75 | ↓ -93% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $1,119.75 | ↓ -93% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $1,119.75 | ↓ -93% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $1,147.25 | ↓ -93% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $1,147.25 | ↓ -93% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $1,147.25 | ↓ -93% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $1,181.41 | ↓ -93% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $1,653.64 | ↓ -90% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $1,996.90 | ↓ -87% |
| premera | commercial | $2,363.14 | ↓ -85% |
| regence | commercial | $2,650.19 | ↓ -83% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $2,933.57 | ↓ -81% |
| cigna | commercial | $3,615.50 | ↓ -77% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $5,188.20 | ↓ -67% |
| aetna | commercial | $19,520.55 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $22,879.32 | ↑ +45% |
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Valvuloplasty pulmonary 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 | $12,660.90 | $12,864.20 – $32,739.40 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $35,124.00 | $13,405.56 – $48,254.30 |
| 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 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $13,396.00 | $5,967.06 – $55,414.74 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $13,396.00 | $6,105.02 – $55,414.74 |