Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$420.14

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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.

$1,188.95

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.

$52.45 with United vs $1,070.06 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
United Commercial|Cascade Care $52.45 ↓ -88%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $53.08 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $53.08 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $53.08 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $67.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $79.62 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Navigate $82.21 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $86.54 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $144.43 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $158.88 ↓ -62%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $202.13 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $206.17 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $214.02 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $214.02 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $214.02 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $214.25 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $215.32 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $216.16 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $220.44 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $220.44 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $224.72 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $229.00 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $231.14 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $231.14 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $246.12 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $246.12 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $261.57 ↓ -38%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $284.63 ↓ -32%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $395.93 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $406.63 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $410.91 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $594.48 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $856.05 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,070.06 ↑ +155%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $350.60 $53.08 – $58.38
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $110.47 $53.08 – $144.76
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,081.59 $41.40 – $120.64
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $110.47 $53.08 – $104.90
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $91.71 $53.08 – $144.76
Central Medical Center Seattle $95.50 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $175.90 $53.08 – $198.45
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,081.59 not published

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