Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf 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

$721.82

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.

$2,042.70

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 ↓ -100%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $120.02 ↓ -83%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $122.43 ↓ -83%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $127.08 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $127.08 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $127.08 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|All Plans $127.23 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $127.86 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $128.36 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $130.90 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $130.90 ↓ -82%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $133.44 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.98 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $137.25 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $137.25 ↓ -81%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $146.15 ↓ -80%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $146.15 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $155.32 ↓ -78%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $235.10 ↓ -67%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $241.46 ↓ -67%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $244.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $282.40 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $338.88 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $508.32 ↓ -30%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $529.50 ↓ -27%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $635.40 ↓ -12%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $732.00 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $739.79 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $813.82 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $839.35 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $1,253.47 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00 ↑ +165%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00 ↑ +188%

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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $523.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,839.36 $355.45 – $1,230.32
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $856.10 $342.05 – $870.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,839.36 $355.45 – $1,191.05
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,839.36 $356.44 – $1,230.32
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $250.12 $355.45 – $1,531.35
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $629.30 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $501.20 $262.45 – $1,188.44

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