Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$78.19

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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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$221.27

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.

$31.73 with Cigna vs $199.15 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

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 $31.73 ↓ -59%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $37.62 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $38.37 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $39.83 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $39.83 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $39.83 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $39.88 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.08 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $40.23 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $41.03 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $41.03 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $41.83 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $42.62 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $43.02 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $43.02 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $45.81 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $45.81 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $48.68 ↓ -38%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $65.84 ↓ -16%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $73.69 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $75.68 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $76.48 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $88.51 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $106.21 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $108.43 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $108.43 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $115.07 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $159.32 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $199.15 ↑ +155%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $54.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $71.04 $47.88 – $47.88
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $149.80 $52.67 – $168.60
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $71.04 $47.88 – $47.88
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $71.04 $47.88 – $103.47
Central Medical Center Seattle $342.40 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $30.10 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $71.04 $47.17 – $47.88

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