Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 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

$563.60

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.

$1,594.95

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.

$271.15 with CHPW vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $271.15 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $276.57 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $287.10 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $287.10 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $287.10 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $287.41 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $288.85 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $289.97 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $295.71 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $295.71 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $301.45 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $307.19 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $310.06 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $310.06 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $330.16 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $330.16 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $350.89 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $531.12 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $545.48 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $551.22 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $637.98 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $765.58 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,148.37 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,196.22 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,236.90 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,416.00 ↑ +151%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,435.46 ↑ +155%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,738.85 ↑ +209%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,765.78 ↑ +213%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,942.50 ↑ +245%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,993.85 ↑ +254%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $2,977.58 ↑ +428%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +708%

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,867.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,369.50 $789.10 – $2,008.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,899.84 $820.01 – $2,775.55
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,899.84 $822.31 – $2,867.05
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $807.80 $623.43 – $2,769.45
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $3,678.50 $102.98 – $2,263.14
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,922.90 $789.10 – $3,379.00
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $2,870.92 $806.42 – $5,987.00

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