Brach/thor cath 2nd 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

$1,497.90

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.

$4,238.96

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.

$720.63 with CHPW vs $3,815.07 with MultiPlan — 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 $720.63 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $735.04 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $763.02 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $763.02 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $763.02 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $763.87 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $767.68 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $770.65 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $785.91 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $785.91 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $801.17 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $816.43 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $824.06 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $824.06 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $877.47 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $877.47 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $932.58 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,411.58 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,449.73 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,464.99 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,695.59 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,034.71 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,052.06 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,179.22 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,815.07 ↑ +155%

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Brach/thor cath 2nd at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $10,707.36 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,087.40 $16,508.00 – $16,508.00
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $10,707.36 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $10,707.36 $10,403.00 – $10,403.00
Central Medical Center Seattle $5,040.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $3,921.40 $13,809.00 – $13,809.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,850.40 $452.09 – $452.09
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $4,356.80 $6,462.00 – $6,462.00

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