Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$7,627.37

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.

$21,585.00

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.

$2.93 with BCBS - Premera vs $972.00 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
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $2.93 ↓ -100%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3.06 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $3.06 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3.85 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3.87 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.55 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Navigate $6.03 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.35 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $9.27 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $10.20 ↓ -100%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -100%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $183.60 ↓ -98%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $187.28 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $194.40 ↓ -97%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $194.40 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $194.40 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|All Plans $194.62 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $195.59 ↓ -97%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $196.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $200.24 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $200.24 ↓ -97%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $204.12 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $208.01 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $209.96 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $209.96 ↓ -97%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $223.56 ↓ -97%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $223.56 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $237.60 ↓ -97%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $359.64 ↓ -95%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $369.36 ↓ -95%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $373.25 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $540.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $777.60 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $972.00 ↓ -87%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $9,848.62 $3.06 – $10.26
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $10,120.78 $2.29 – $8.55
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $9,848.62 $3.06 – $7.43
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $9,848.62 $3.06 – $10.26
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $2,340.20 $3.06 – $21.37
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $6,072.48 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $9,848.62 $3.07 – $7.99
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $6,533.87 $3.06 – $21.65

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