Dilate esophagus 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

$757.57

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.

$2,143.87

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.

$364.46 with CHPW vs $8,052.88 with BCBS - Premera — 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 $364.46 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $371.75 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $385.90 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $385.90 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $385.90 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $386.33 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $388.26 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $389.76 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $397.48 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $397.48 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $405.20 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $412.91 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $416.77 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $416.77 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $443.79 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $443.79 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $471.66 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $713.91 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $733.21 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $740.93 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $857.55 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,029.06 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,543.59 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,607.91 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,711.90 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,802.00 ↑ +138%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,929.49 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,960.00 ↑ +159%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +501%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,702.71 ↑ +521%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $4,738.69 ↑ +526%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $5,212.93 ↑ +588%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5,392.38 ↑ +612%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $8,052.88 ↑ +963%

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St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $946.20 $1,350.64 – $8,208.11
St. Anne Hospital Burien $654.65 $921.87 – $1,929.49
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $652.06 $1,543.59 – $4,738.69
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