Brace knee hing pat open med 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

$42.70

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.

$120.82

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.

$20.54 with CHPW vs $803.60 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 $20.54 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $20.96 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21.75 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $21.75 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $21.75 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $21.78 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $21.89 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $21.97 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $22.84 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.27 ↓ -46%
United Medicare|All Plans $23.49 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $23.49 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $25.01 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $25.01 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $26.59 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $40.24 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $41.33 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $41.76 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $48.33 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.00 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Navigate $59.21 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $59.21 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $60.41 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $62.83 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $87.00 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $90.62 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $108.74 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $120.82 ↑ +183%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $158.71 ↑ +272%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $158.71 ↑ +272%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $420.90 ↑ +886%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $463.02 ↑ +984%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $803.60 ↑ +1782%

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Brace knee hing pat open med at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $62.63 $165.77 – $503.61
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $62.63 $165.77 – $405.39
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $62.63 $165.77 – $368.01
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $62.63 $165.77 – $540.52
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $82.40 $158.71 – $688.37
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $53.33 $76.12 – $729.05
St. Anne Hospital Burien $36.90 $51.96 – $518.50
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $36.75 $60.41 – $536.00

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