Brachy source yttrium-90 at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$48,398.75
Cash price 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.
$136,965.56
Gross charge 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.
$21,419.73 with CHPW vs $113,398.55 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $21,419.73 | ↓ -56% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $21,848.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $22,679.71 | ↓ -53% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $22,679.71 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22,679.71 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $22,704.91 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $22,818.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $22,906.51 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $23,360.10 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $23,360.10 | ↓ -52% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $23,813.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24,267.29 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24,494.09 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $24,494.09 | ↓ -49% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $26,081.67 | ↓ -46% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $26,081.67 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $27,719.65 | ↓ -43% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $38,976.37 | ↓ -19% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $41,957.47 | ↓ -13% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $43,091.45 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $43,545.05 | ↓ -10% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $44,555.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $47,914.40 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $50,399.36 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $51,089.58 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $52,709.53 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $55,000.00 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $55,000.00 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55,000.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60,479.23 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $62,999.19 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $76,296.19 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $90,718.84 | ↑ +87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $113,398.55 | ↑ +134% |
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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $32,820.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $36,861.17 | $17,771.01 – $80,330.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $34,172.79 | $17,771.01 – $61,529.65 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $36,861.17 | $17,771.01 – $71,784.59 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $36,861.17 | $17,771.01 – $80,330.38 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $16,979.60 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $31,103.54 | $17,771.01 – $106,480.48 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $32,820.80 | not published |