Breath test analysis c-14 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

$268.43

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.

$759.62

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.

$94.41 with BCBS - Regence vs $949.00 with United — 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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $94.41 ↓ -65%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $94.41 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $94.41 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $94.41 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $94.41 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|All Plans $94.41 ↓ -65%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $95.35 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $97.24 ↓ -64%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $99.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $99.13 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $101.02 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $101.96 ↓ -62%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $108.57 ↓ -60%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $129.14 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $131.72 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $136.89 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $137.57 ↓ -49%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $141.62 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $141.62 ↓ -47%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $157.25 ↓ -41%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $174.66 ↓ -35%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $179.38 ↓ -33%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $181.27 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $221.58 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $256.88 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $282.59 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $303.85 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $364.62 ↑ +36%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $486.54 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $546.93 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $683.66 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $793.00 ↑ +195%
United Commercial|Navigate $901.55 ↑ +236%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $949.00 ↑ +254%

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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $299.04 $84.97 – $350.88
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $299.04 $84.97 – $350.88
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $299.04 $84.97 – $350.88
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $335.26 $94.41 – $683.66
St. Anne Hospital Burien $231.96 $94.41 – $683.66
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $231.04 $94.41 – $569.72
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $251.59 $94.41 – $569.72
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $264.69 $23.55 – $1,226.44

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