Brain image 4+ views 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

$675.25

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.

$1,910.89

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.

$324.86 with CHPW vs $2,287.48 with BCBS - Premera — 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 $324.86 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $331.35 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $343.97 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $344.35 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $346.07 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $347.40 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $354.28 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $354.28 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $361.16 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $368.04 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $371.48 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $371.48 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $395.56 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $395.56 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $420.40 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $636.33 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $638.35 ↓ -5%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $653.53 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $660.41 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $751.01 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $793.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Navigate $901.55 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $949.00 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,011.91 ↑ +50%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,261.01 ↑ +87%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,335.83 ↑ +98%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,372.69 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,375.85 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,510.07 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,531.73 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,719.81 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $2,287.48 ↑ +239%

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