Echo transesophageal 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

$911.29

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.

$2,578.87

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.

$438.41 with CHPW vs $2,334.72 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 $438.41 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $447.18 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $464.20 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $464.20 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $464.20 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $464.72 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $467.04 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $468.84 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $478.13 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $478.13 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $487.41 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $496.70 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $501.34 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $501.34 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $533.83 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $533.83 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $567.36 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $858.77 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $881.98 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $891.26 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,031.55 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,237.86 ↑ +36%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,363.43 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,368.97 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,420.00 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,505.97 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,563.38 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,612.15 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,697.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,856.79 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,934.16 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,320.99 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $2,334.72 ↑ +156%

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Echo transesophageal at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $283.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,504.96 $632.74 – $2,263.43
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,934.10 $608.89 – $1,733.69
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,504.96 $632.74 – $2,191.19
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,504.96 $520.63 – $2,263.43
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $283.50 not published
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,715.00 $423.40 – $1,882.98
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $613.60 $651.87 – $1,717.01

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