Chest CT scan (without contrast) 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

$1,923.20

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.

$5,442.52

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.

$255.63 with Cigna vs $4,898.27 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $255.63 ↓ -87%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $271.71 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $290.81 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $311.56 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $319.91 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $340.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $400.01 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $465.29 ↓ -76%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $925.23 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $943.74 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $979.66 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $979.66 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $979.66 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $980.75 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $985.65 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $989.46 ↓ -49%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,005.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,009.05 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,009.05 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,028.64 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,048.23 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,058.03 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,058.03 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,126.61 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,126.61 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,197.36 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,715.00 ↓ -11%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,812.36 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,861.35 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,880.94 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,946.55 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,049.00 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,918.62 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,898.27 ↑ +155%

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Chest CT scan (without contrast) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $997.92 $116.50 – $128.15
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,113.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $444.00 $121.06 – $526.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,434.30 $116.50 – $403.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $444.00 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $444.00 $121.40 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,600.00 $107.00 – $107.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,396.72 $121.06 – $698.26

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