Biopsy of prostate at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$1,826.90
Cash price 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.
$5,170.00
Gross charge 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.
$878.90 with CHPW vs $8,619.94 with BCBS - Premera — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $878.90 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $896.48 | ↓ -51% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $930.60 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $930.60 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $930.60 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $931.64 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $936.29 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $939.91 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $958.52 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $958.52 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $977.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $995.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,005.05 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,005.05 | ↓ -45% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,070.19 | ↓ -41% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.19 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,137.40 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,711.90 | ↓ -6% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,721.61 | ↓ -6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,768.14 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,786.76 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,802.00 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,960.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,068.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,481.60 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $3,722.40 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,795.22 | ↑ +108% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,653.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,033.88 | ↑ +176% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $5,046.94 | ↑ +176% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $5,552.03 | ↑ +204% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $5,772.11 | ↑ +216% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,920.00 | ↑ +224% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $8,619.94 | ↑ +372% |
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Biopsy of prostate at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $1,144.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $5,869.44 | $5,425.12 – $8,627.45 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,735.20 | $4,091.32 – $16,508.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $5,869.44 | $5,425.12 – $8,308.57 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $5,869.44 | $4,503.96 – $10,403.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,477.70 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $3,922.10 | $1,804.81 – $13,809.00 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,400.30 | $216.87 – $10,013.00 |