Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$89.76

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.

$254.00

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.

$16.18 with Amerigroup vs $228.60 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 $16.18 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -82%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $16.18 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $16.67 ↓ -81%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $16.99 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $16.99 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.31 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.47 ↓ -81%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $18.61 ↓ -79%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.27 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $24.27 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $29.33 ↓ -67%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $29.93 ↓ -67%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $30.74 ↓ -66%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $31.07 ↓ -65%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $43.18 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $44.05 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $45.78 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $46.00 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $52.58 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $74.95 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $88.18 ↓ -2%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $116.84 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $119.89 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $124.46 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $124.46 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $132.08 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $182.88 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $228.60 ↑ +155%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $108.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $116.64 $14.56 – $76.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $188.30 $16.18 – $58.25
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $116.64 $14.56 – $73.62
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $116.64 $14.56 – $76.05
Central Medical Center Seattle $110.40 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $144.56 $16.18 – $100.80
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $253.40 not published

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