Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$487.69

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.

$1,380.13

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.

$234.63 with CHPW vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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 $234.63 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $239.32 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $248.43 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $248.43 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $248.43 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $248.70 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $249.95 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $250.91 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $255.88 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $255.88 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $260.85 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $265.82 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $268.30 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $268.30 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $285.69 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $285.69 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $303.63 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $459.59 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $472.01 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $476.98 ↓ -2%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $534.61 ↑ +10%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $552.06 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $584.64 ↑ +20%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $610.81 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $643.15 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $662.47 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $700.39 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $993.70 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $1,045.93 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,242.12 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50 ↑ +272%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00 ↑ +292%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00 ↑ +326%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +834%

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