Brace m arm board 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

$29.35

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.

$83.05

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.

$12.30 with CHPW vs $1,323.22 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 $12.30 ↓ -58%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $12.55 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $13.02 ↓ -56%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $13.02 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.02 ↓ -56%
United Medicaid|All Plans $13.04 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -55%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $13.15 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $13.41 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $13.41 ↓ -54%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $13.68 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.94 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.07 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.07 ↓ -52%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $14.98 ↓ -49%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $14.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.92 ↓ -46%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $24.09 ↓ -18%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $24.74 ↓ -16%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $25.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $28.94 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.72 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Navigate $35.45 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $35.45 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $36.17 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37.62 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $52.08 ↑ +77%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $54.25 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $65.10 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $72.33 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $261.35 ↑ +790%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $261.35 ↑ +790%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $693.09 ↑ +2261%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $762.46 ↑ +2498%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,323.22 ↑ +4408%

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