CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast 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

$1,694.70

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.

$4,795.89

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.

$454.09 with Uniform Medical Plan vs $4,316.31 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
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $454.09 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $490.69 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $520.68 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $539.79 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $564.47 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $623.09 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $733.05 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $777.58 ↓ -54%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $815.31 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $831.61 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $863.27 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $863.27 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $863.27 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $864.22 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $868.54 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $871.90 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $889.16 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $889.16 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $906.43 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $923.69 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $932.33 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $932.33 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $992.75 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $992.75 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,055.10 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,597.04 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,640.20 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,657.46 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,715.00 ↑ +1%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,750.63 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,946.55 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,049.00 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,453.05 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,316.31 ↑ +155%

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,469.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $828.96 $203.11 – $856.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,772.40 $195.46 – $655.99
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $828.96 $203.11 – $829.10
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $828.96 $203.68 – $856.43
Central Medical Center Seattle $2,000.00 $179.00 – $179.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,293.60 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,759.80 $162.81 – $361.60

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