Cytp urine 3-5 probes cmptr 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

$1,058.76

Cash price

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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.

$2,076.00

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.

$130.67 with multiplan vs $1,660.80 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 $130.67 ↓ -88%
regence medicare advantage $158.66 ↓ -85%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $186.66 ↓ -82%
optum care network medicare advantage $186.66 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage $186.66 ↓ -82%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $186.66 ↓ -82%
united healthcare medicare advantage $186.66 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $192.26 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $196.00 ↓ -81%
regence uniform medical plan $440.16 ↓ -58%
kaiser health plan commercial $465.77 ↓ -56%
regence commercial $531.59 ↓ -50%
cigna commercial $556.35 ↓ -47%
premera commercial $581.09 ↓ -45%
united healthcare commercial $631.14 ↓ -40%
cigna local plus $632.23 ↓ -40%
aetna commercial $1,307.88 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $1,329.68 ↑ +26%
coventry - first health commercial $1,660.80 ↑ +57%

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Cytp urine 3-5 probes cmptr at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $252.48 $197.29 – $1,332.03
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $252.48 $197.29 – $1,289.52
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,357.60 $172.00 – $172.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $252.48 $197.84 – $1,332.03
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $252.48 $194.02 – $1,275.35
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $453.60 $189.85 – $1,108.13
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $273.52 $194.02 – $1,190.32
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $373.60 $191.64 – $699.76

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