Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device 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

$104.02

Cash price

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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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$294.36

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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$50.05 with CHPW vs $2,077.00 with United — 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

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 $50.05 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $51.05 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $52.99 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $52.99 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $52.99 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $53.05 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $53.31 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $54.58 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $54.58 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $55.64 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $56.70 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $57.23 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $57.23 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $60.94 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $60.94 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $64.76 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $98.03 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $101.74 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $117.75 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $141.30 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $203.11 ↑ +95%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $211.94 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $220.77 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $264.93 ↑ +155%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $315.70 ↑ +203%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $315.92 ↑ +204%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $347.54 ↑ +234%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $362.00 ↑ +248%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $540.59 ↑ +420%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50 ↑ +1644%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00 ↑ +1736%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00 ↑ +1897%

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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $173.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $342.24 $154.07 – $512.44
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $259.00 $148.26 – $392.51
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $342.24 $154.07 – $496.09
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $342.24 $154.50 – $512.44
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $320.84 $154.07 – $679.26
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $203.00 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $296.16 $151.52 – $490.64

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