ER Visit (level 4) 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

$1,408.87

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.

$3,987.00

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.

$677.79 with CHPW vs $3,588.30 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 $677.79 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $691.35 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $717.66 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $717.66 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $717.66 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $718.46 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $722.05 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $724.84 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $739.19 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $739.19 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $753.55 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $767.90 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $775.08 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $775.08 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $825.31 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $825.31 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $877.14 ↓ -38%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,094.63 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,110.41 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,221.42 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,255.15 ↓ -11%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,327.68 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,363.56 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,377.91 ↓ -2%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,433.21 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,594.80 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,754.28 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,870.00 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $1,874.44 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,894.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,913.76 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,968.00 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,870.64 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,588.30 ↑ +155%

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ER Visit (level 4) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $620.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $909.12 $483.19 – $1,713.22
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,078.70 $464.97 – $1,183.36
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $909.12 $483.19 – $1,649.90
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $909.12 $484.54 – $1,713.22
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,888.80 $809.00 – $809.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,394.32 $483.19 – $2,191.65
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $554.40 not published

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