Cardiac shunt imaging 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

$941.15

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.

$2,663.37

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.

$452.78 with CHPW vs $2,397.04 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 $452.78 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $461.83 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $479.41 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $479.41 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $479.41 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $479.94 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $482.34 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $484.21 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $493.79 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $493.79 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $503.38 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $512.97 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $517.76 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $517.76 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $548.31 ↓ -42%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $551.32 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $551.32 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $585.95 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $645.08 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $780.44 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $793.00 ↓ -16%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $886.91 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Navigate $901.55 ↓ -4%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $910.88 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $920.47 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $949.00 ↑ +1%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,019.32 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,057.56 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,163.40 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,168.81 ↑ +24%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,559.32 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $1,745.50 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,917.63 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,397.04 ↑ +155%

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Cardiac shunt imaging at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,730.21
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,511.20 $445.48 – $1,325.27
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,200.00 $462.93 – $1,674.99
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,200.00 $464.23 – $1,730.21
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,382.40 $402.00 – $402.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $739.20 $306.94 – $1,439.39
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $2,047.50 $445.48 – $1,412.57
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $523.12 $455.26 – $1,546.15

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