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CPT 78601 at Virginia Mason Medical Center
Nuclear
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle
This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.
What Virginia Mason Medical Center publishes for this code: as an outpatient
Virginia Mason Medical Center’s prices for CPT 78601, as an outpatient| Who pays | Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest) | Doctor’s fee the hospital lists |
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| Commercial insuranceInsurer rates | $6.35 – $2,02810 plans | — |
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| Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates | $4.87 – $55613 plans | — |
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| Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance | $1,293 | — |
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| List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it | $2,535 | — |
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Lowest and highest amounts Virginia Mason Medical Center lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.
What Virginia Mason Medical Center publishes for this code: during a hospital stay
Virginia Mason Medical Center’s prices for CPT 78601, during a hospital stay| Who pays | Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest) | Doctor’s fee the hospital lists |
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| Commercial insuranceInsurer rates | $1,624 – $2,0284 plans | — |
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| Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance | $1,293 | — |
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| List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it | $2,535 | — |
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Lowest and highest amounts Virginia Mason Medical Center lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.
Bills to expect
The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in Seattle (King County) for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.
Bills to expect for CPT 78601 at Virginia Mason Medical Center| Bill | What it’s for | Original Medicare allows | Private plan estimate |
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| Hospital's feeThe hospital | The test or scan: equipment and staff | — | The price above |
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| Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group) | Reading the results and writing the report | $25.32 | $29.88 – $45.32 |
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Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.
Compare CPT 78601 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.