Ablation cryo thigh/knee at St. Elizabeth Hospital

1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $2,077.00 with United — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $411.95
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $563.25
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $582.82
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $619.62
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $668.30
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $998.00
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange not published by hospital
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
CHPW Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Optum Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
Molina Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Molina Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange not published by hospital
United Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
United Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $4,032.00 $285.64 – $1,013.51
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $4,032.00 $285.64 – $981.16
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $4,032.00 $286.44 – $1,013.51
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $550.80 $182.91 – $778.80
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $274.87 – $302.36
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane not published $274.87 – $699.55
Central Medical Center Seattle not published not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $285.64 – $1,261.49

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