Chrom analysis 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

$167.19

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.

$473.12

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.

$34.81 with Amerigroup vs $425.81 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
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $34.81 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $34.81 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $34.81 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $34.81 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $34.81 ↓ -79%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $34.81 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $35.16 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $35.85 ↓ -79%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $36.55 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $36.55 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.25 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $37.59 ↓ -78%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $40.03 ↓ -76%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $52.22 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $52.22 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $58.26 ↓ -65%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $64.40 ↓ -61%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $66.14 ↓ -60%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $66.84 ↓ -60%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $80.44 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $82.04 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $85.26 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $85.69 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $97.94 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $161.26 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $189.71 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Navigate $231.83 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $231.83 ↑ +39%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $232.10 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $238.15 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $246.03 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $340.65 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $425.81 ↑ +155%

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Chrom analysis at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $140.16 $31.33 – $163.61
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $279.30 $34.81 – $125.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $140.16 $31.33 – $158.39
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $140.16 $31.33 – $163.61
Central Medical Center Seattle $156.80 $95.00 – $95.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $445.20 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $140.16 $34.81 – $156.65
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $49.70 $34.81 – $64.40

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