Oncology prostate prob score 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

$1,151.58

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.

$2,258.00

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.

$532.00 with multiplan vs $1,806.40 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 $532.00 ↓ -54%
regence medicare advantage $646.00 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage $760.00 ↓ -34%
united healthcare medicare advantage $760.00 ↓ -34%
kaiser foundation hp medicare $760.00 ↓ -34%
optum care network medicare advantage $760.00 ↓ -34%
premera medicare advantage hmo/ppo $760.00 ↓ -34%
regence commercial $760.00 ↓ -34%
regence uniform medical plan $760.00 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage ppo $782.80 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage hmo $798.00 ↓ -31%
united healthcare commercial $912.00 ↓ -21%
kaiser health plan commercial $1,216.00 ↑ +6%
premera commercial $1,330.00 ↑ +15%
aetna commercial $1,422.54 ↑ +24%
first choice commercial $1,446.25 ↑ +26%
cigna commercial $1,667.31 ↑ +45%
cigna local plus $1,667.31 ↑ +45%
coventry - first health commercial $1,806.40 ↑ +57%

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Oncology prostate prob score at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle not published $684.00 – $3,572.00
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle not published $684.00 – $3,458.00
Central Medical Center Seattle not published $469.00 – $469.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $952.00 $744.80 – $1,489.60
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $952.00 $744.80 – $1,489.60
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia $761.60 $744.80 – $1,377.88
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington $952.00 $744.80 – $1,489.60
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $952.00 $760.00 – $874.00

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →