Complex uroflowmetry (electronic) 51741 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

$218.79

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$429.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.41 with first choice vs $316.77 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
first choice commercial $0.41 ↓ -100%
confluence health medicare advantage $4.76 ↓ -98%
united healthcare commercial $15.09 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage $15.64 ↓ -93%
humana choicecare medicare advantage $15.64 ↓ -93%
united healthcare medicare advantage $15.64 ↓ -93%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $15.64 ↓ -93%
optum care network medicare advantage $15.64 ↓ -93%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $16.09 ↓ -93%
multiplan medicare advantage $16.09 ↓ -93%
signal health medicare advantage $16.09 ↓ -93%
regence medicare advantage $16.29 ↓ -93%
regence uniform medical plan $26.27 ↓ -88%
premera commercial $31.08 ↓ -86%
regence commercial $34.86 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $35.09 ↓ -84%
cigna commercial $49.84 ↓ -77%
kaiser health plan commercial $62.39 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $101.23 ↓ -54%
coventry - first health commercial $232.02 ↑ +6%
aetna commercial $270.27 ↑ +24%
cigna local plus $316.77 ↑ +45%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Complex uroflowmetry (electronic) 51741 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $456.00 $250.04 – $836.02
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $456.00 $250.04 – $629.49
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $281.40 $240.61 – $612.36
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $456.00 $250.74 – $650.25
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $180.00 $253.18 – $976.92
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $315.60 $245.72 – $1,036.49
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $315.60 $246.96 – $1,036.49

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →