Cell enumeration & id 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

$527.69

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.

$1,493.32

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.

$250.78 with Amerigroup vs $1,820.99 with Aetna — 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
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $250.78 ↓ -52%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $250.78 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $250.78 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $250.78 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $250.78 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $250.78 ↓ -52%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $253.29 ↓ -52%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $253.87 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $258.30 ↓ -51%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $258.95 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $263.32 ↓ -50%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $263.32 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $268.33 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $269.10 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $270.45 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $270.84 ↓ -49%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $288.40 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $309.12 ↓ -41%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $376.17 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $376.17 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $445.60 ↓ -16%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $463.94 ↓ -12%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $476.48 ↓ -10%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $481.50 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $597.33 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $716.80 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Navigate $731.73 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $731.73 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $776.53 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,075.20 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,119.99 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,343.99 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,820.99 ↑ +245%

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Cell enumeration & id at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,128.00 $189.00 – $189.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $659.08 $250.78 – $1,343.99
St. Anne Hospital Burien $456.00 $250.78 – $1,343.99
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $454.20 $250.78 – $1,119.99
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $350.40 $245.76 – $491.53
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $350.40 $245.76 – $491.53
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $494.59 $250.78 – $1,119.99
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $608.43 $175.55 – $783.86

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