Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$28.40

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.

$80.36

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.

$7.78 with Amerigroup vs $72.33 with MultiPlan — 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
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -73%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -73%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $7.86 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $8.01 ↓ -72%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.32 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.40 ↓ -70%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $8.95 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $11.44 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -59%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $11.67 ↓ -59%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $13.67 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $13.94 ↓ -51%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $14.39 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.56 ↓ -49%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -48%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $14.94 ↓ -47%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $16.64 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $32.15 ↑ +13%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $37.38 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $38.36 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.58 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $39.38 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $39.38 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $41.79 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $57.86 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $72.33 ↑ +155%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $44.10 $7.78 – $8.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $45.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $38.40 $7.00 – $36.57
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $140.00 $7.78 – $28.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $38.40 $7.00 – $35.40
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $38.40 $7.00 – $36.57
Central Medical Center Seattle $49.60 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $36.92 $7.78 – $48.47

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