Cryopreserve stem cells 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

$1,967.30

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.

$5,567.33

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.

$901.38 with CHPW vs $4,772.00 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 $901.38 ↓ -54%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $919.41 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $954.40 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $954.40 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $954.40 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $955.47 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $960.24 ↓ -51%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $963.95 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $983.04 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $983.04 ↓ -50%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,002.12 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,021.21 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,030.76 ↓ -48%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,030.76 ↓ -48%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,072.86 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,097.56 ↓ -44%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,097.56 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,109.45 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,166.49 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,220.48 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,230.20 ↓ -37%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,256.92 ↓ -36%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,765.64 ↓ -10%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,813.36 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50 ↓ -8%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,832.45 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $1,837.17 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,120.89 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,545.07 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,817.60 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +132%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,772.00 ↑ +143%

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Cryopreserve stem cells at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,738.08 $510.88 – $1,823.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,155.00 $491.62 – $1,396.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,738.08 $510.88 – $1,765.58
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,738.08 $512.31 – $1,823.79
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $855.60 $496.24 – $1,814.49
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $2,457.13 $1,921.73 – $4,772.00
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,700.02 $1,319.29 – $4,772.00
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,693.30 $1,109.45 – $3,976.67

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