Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

$4,370.90

Cash price

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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.

$12,369.36

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $11,132.43 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00 ↓ -52%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $2,102.80 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,144.85 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $2,226.49 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,226.49 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,226.49 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $2,228.96 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,240.10 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $2,248.75 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $2,293.28 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $2,293.28 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $2,337.81 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,382.34 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,404.61 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,404.61 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $2,560.46 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $2,560.46 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,721.26 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $4,119.00 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $4,230.33 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $4,274.86 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $4,947.75 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,937.30 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $8,905.94 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $9,277.02 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,132.43 ↑ +155%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $17,534.88 $7,277.00 – $7,277.00
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $19,874.40 $5,419.00 – $13,212.00
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $17,534.88 $7,277.00 – $7,277.00
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $17,534.88 $7,277.00 – $9,339.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $616.70 $6,522.00 – $6,522.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $13,282.50 $368.32 – $7,909.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $18,727.10 $2,985.00 – $3,379.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $5,797.48 $1,985.00 – $7,246.00

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