Autologous blood process 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

$350.67

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.

$992.37

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.

$154.43 with Cigna vs $893.14 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 $154.43 ↓ -56%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $168.71 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $172.08 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $178.63 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $178.63 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $178.63 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $178.83 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $179.72 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $180.42 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $183.99 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $183.99 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $187.56 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $191.14 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $192.92 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $192.92 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $205.43 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $205.43 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $218.33 ↓ -38%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $277.71 ↓ -21%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $330.46 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $339.40 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $342.97 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $396.95 ↑ +13%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $422.13 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $427.86 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $470.68 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $476.34 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $484.04 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $486.27 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $486.27 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $516.04 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $714.51 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $722.85 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $893.14 ↑ +155%

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Autologous blood process at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $482.40 $172.00 – $172.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $380.10 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $452.90 $151.35 – $351.22
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $277.20 $18.04 – $699.76
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $202.00 $203.25 – $531.60
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $437.99 $273.32 – $893.14
St. Anne Hospital Burien $303.03 $154.43 – $893.14
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $301.83 $154.43 – $744.28

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