Chronic urticaria - sendout 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

$80.12

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.

$226.71

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.

$12.46 with Amerigroup vs $204.04 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
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.46 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.46 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $12.46 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.46 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.46 ↓ -84%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $12.46 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $12.83 ↓ -84%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $13.08 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $13.08 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.33 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.46 ↓ -83%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $14.33 ↓ -82%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $18.69 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $18.69 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $22.60 ↓ -72%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $23.05 ↓ -71%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $23.67 ↓ -70%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $23.92 ↓ -70%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $38.55 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $39.32 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $40.86 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $41.06 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $46.93 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $57.72 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $67.91 ↓ -15%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $90.01 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $92.35 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $111.09 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $111.09 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $117.89 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $163.24 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $204.04 ↑ +155%

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Chronic urticaria - sendout at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Central Medical Center Seattle $56.00 $10.00 – $10.00
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $100.06 $12.46 – $204.04
St. Anne Hospital Burien $69.23 $12.46 – $204.04
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $68.96 $12.46 – $170.04
St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma $75.09 $12.46 – $170.04
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle $36.21 $8.72 – $38.95
St. Francis Hospital Federal Way $71.15 $12.46 – $170.04
St. Clare Hospital Lakewood $65.35 $12.46 – $170.04

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