Echo transesophageal intraop 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

$1,422.27

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.

$4,024.93

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.

$684.24 with CHPW vs $3,622.44 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $684.24 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $697.93 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $724.49 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $724.49 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $724.49 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $725.30 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $728.92 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $731.74 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $746.23 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $746.23 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $760.72 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $775.21 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $782.45 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $782.45 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $833.17 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $833.17 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $885.49 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,340.31 ↓ -6%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,363.43 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,368.97 ↓ -4%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,376.53 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,391.02 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,420.00 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,505.97 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,563.38 ↑ +10%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,609.98 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,612.15 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,697.00 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,931.97 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $2,334.72 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,897.95 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,018.70 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,622.44 ↑ +155%

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Echo transesophageal intraop at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,358.70 $608.89 – $1,733.69
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,621.20 $344.23 – $1,882.98
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $1,311.44 $534.16 – $2,696.85
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $932.80 $314.78 – $2,238.93
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $1,558.00 $651.87 – $1,717.01
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $1,776.40 $2,371.25 – $3,622.44
St. Anne Hospital Burien $1,229.04 $1,730.72 – $3,622.44
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $1,224.18 $1,368.97 – $3,018.70

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