Culture screening strep group a at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$78.83
Cash price 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.
$223.07
Gross charge 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.
$6.63 with Amerigroup vs $194.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $6.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6.63 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $6.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6.63 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6.63 | ↓ -92% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $6.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $6.70 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $6.83 | ↓ -91% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $6.96 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $6.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7.16 | ↓ -91% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $7.62 | ↓ -90% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $9.95 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $9.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $12.02 | ↓ -85% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $12.27 | ↓ -84% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $12.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $30.71 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.13 | ↓ -54% |
| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.79 | ↓ -53% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.53 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.19 | ↓ -50% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.80 | ↓ -43% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $47.89 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $49.09 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $106.03 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $106.03 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $112.52 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $155.80 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $194.75 | ↑ +147% |
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Culture screening strep group a at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $202.86 | $6.63 – $7.29 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $110.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $42.24 | $5.97 – $31.16 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $250.60 | $6.63 – $23.87 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $42.24 | $5.97 – $30.17 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $42.24 | $5.97 – $31.16 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $74.40 | $6.00 – $6.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $200.20 | $6.63 – $41.30 |