Amniotic fluid scan 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

$66.68

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.

$188.69

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.

$9.35 with Amerigroup vs $169.83 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 $9.35 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -86%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $9.35 ↓ -86%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $9.63 ↓ -86%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $9.82 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $9.82 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.00 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -85%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $10.75 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $13.74 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $14.03 ↓ -79%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.03 ↓ -79%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $17.30 ↓ -74%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $17.76 ↓ -73%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $17.95 ↓ -73%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $32.08 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $32.72 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $34.01 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $34.18 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $39.06 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $43.31 ↓ -35%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $49.62 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $50.96 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.96 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Navigate $92.46 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $92.46 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $98.12 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $135.86 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $169.83 ↑ +155%

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Amniotic fluid scan at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $119.00 $9.35 – $33.66
Central Medical Center Seattle $42.40 $7.00 – $7.00
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $33.60 $3.31 – $16.95
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $83.28 $9.35 – $169.83
St. Anne Hospital Burien $57.62 $9.35 – $169.83
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $57.39 $9.35 – $141.52
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $19.60 $3.39 – $18.33
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $19.60 $3.47 – $18.33

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