Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

$8.27

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.

$23.40

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.

$3.69 with CHPW vs $45.44 with Aetna — 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $3.69 ↓ -55%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $3.77 ↓ -54%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $3.91 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3.91 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.91 ↓ -53%
United Medicaid|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -52%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $4.03 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $4.03 ↓ -51%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.18 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.22 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.22 ↓ -49%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -46%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.78 ↓ -42%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $7.23 ↓ -13%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $7.43 ↓ -10%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $7.50 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $8.68 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.42 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $15.63 ↑ +89%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $16.28 ↑ +97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.53 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $45.44 ↑ +449%

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $26.24 $16.36 – $16.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $13.69 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $13.22 $7.52 – $15.60
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $26.24 $7.52 – $17.92
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $9.59 $7.52 – $15.60
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $13.22 $7.52 – $17.78
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $3.56 $22.58 – $54.13
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $17.44 not published

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