Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$161.71

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.

$457.61

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.

$77.80 with CHPW vs $411.85 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $77.80 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $79.35 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $82.37 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $82.37 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $82.37 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $82.47 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $82.88 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $83.20 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $84.85 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $84.85 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $86.49 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $88.14 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $88.96 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $88.96 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $92.40 ↓ -43%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $94.73 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $94.73 ↓ -41%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $99.11 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -38%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $100.77 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $101.65 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $113.65 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $129.57 ↓ -20%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $152.39 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $156.51 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $158.16 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $169.73 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $183.05 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $219.66 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $224.23 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $224.23 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $237.96 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $329.48 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $411.85 ↑ +155%

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $301.00 $41.62 – $120.35
Central Medical Center Seattle $555.20 $365.00 – $365.00
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $306.60 $41.62 – $388.08
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $205.20 $44.56 – $124.82
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $201.97 $160.05 – $411.85
St. Anne Hospital Burien $139.74 $100.77 – $411.85
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $139.19 $59.10 – $343.21
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $236.40 $25.55 – $179.28

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