Brace knee extender plus 22-30in 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

$313.55

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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.

$887.31

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.

$100.35 with CHPW vs $3,386.63 with Aetna — 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 $100.35 ↓ -68%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $102.35 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -66%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $106.25 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|All Plans $106.37 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $106.90 ↓ -66%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $107.31 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $109.44 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $109.44 ↓ -65%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $111.56 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $113.69 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Plans $114.75 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $114.75 ↓ -63%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $122.18 ↓ -61%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $122.18 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $129.86 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $196.55 ↓ -37%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $201.87 ↓ -36%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $203.99 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $236.10 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $283.32 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Navigate $289.22 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $289.22 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $295.12 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $306.93 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $424.98 ↑ +36%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $442.68 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $531.22 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $590.24 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $668.88 ↑ +113%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $668.88 ↑ +113%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,773.81 ↑ +466%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,951.33 ↑ +522%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $3,386.63 ↑ +980%

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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $392.21 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $300.68 $698.63 – $2,122.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $414.17 $698.63 – $1,778.01
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $300.68 $698.63 – $1,708.53
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $300.68 $698.63 – $1,550.96
Central Medical Center Seattle $133.75 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $438.78 $698.63 – $1,321.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $392.21 not published

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