Mayo oxalate 24 hour urine 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

$40.29

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.

$79.00

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.

$10.12 with multiplan vs $63.20 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 $10.12 ↓ -75%
regence medicare advantage $12.28 ↓ -70%
humana medicare advantage $14.45 ↓ -64%
united healthcare medicare advantage $14.45 ↓ -64%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $14.45 ↓ -64%
optum care network medicare advantage $14.45 ↓ -64%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $14.45 ↓ -64%
regence commercial $14.45 ↓ -64%
regence uniform medical plan $14.45 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $14.88 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $15.17 ↓ -62%
united healthcare commercial $17.34 ↓ -57%
kaiser health plan commercial $23.12 ↓ -43%
premera commercial $25.29 ↓ -37%
cigna commercial $45.17 ↑ +12%
aetna commercial $49.77 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $50.60 ↑ +26%
cigna local plus $51.26 ↑ +27%
coventry - first health commercial $63.20 ↑ +57%

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Mayo oxalate 24 hour urine at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $93.12 $13.00 – $67.92
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $93.12 $13.00 – $65.75
Central Medical Center Seattle $65.60 $11.00 – $11.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $147.70 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $158.20 $14.45 – $52.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $93.12 $13.00 – $67.92
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $176.40 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $93.12 $14.45 – $65.03

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