ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$271.74

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.

$769.00

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.

$130.73 with CHPW vs $692.10 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 $130.73 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $138.42 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $138.42 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $138.42 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $138.58 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $139.27 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $139.81 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $142.58 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $142.58 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $145.35 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $148.11 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $149.50 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $149.50 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $159.19 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $159.19 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $169.18 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $218.50 ↓ -20%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $219.42 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $240.34 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $251.60 ↓ -7%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $256.08 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $263.00 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $265.77 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $307.60 ↑ +13%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $329.01 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $338.36 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $369.12 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $375.71 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Navigate $380.00 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $385.00 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $400.00 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $553.68 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $692.10 ↑ +155%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $144.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $216.00 $97.65 – $339.05
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $235.90 $93.97 – $239.14
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $216.00 $97.65 – $326.52
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $216.00 $97.92 – $339.05
Central Medical Center Seattle $367.20 $144.00 – $144.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $284.44 $97.65 – $433.73
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $128.80 not published

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