Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$79.95

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.

$226.24

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.

$7.73 with Amerigroup vs $203.62 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
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -90%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $7.81 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $7.96 ↓ -90%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $8.12 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $8.12 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.27 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.35 ↓ -90%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $8.89 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $11.60 ↓ -85%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $11.60 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $14.03 ↓ -82%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $14.30 ↓ -82%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -82%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $14.84 ↓ -81%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $18.10 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $18.59 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $35.81 ↓ -55%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $38.47 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $39.24 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $40.77 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.13 ↓ -47%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $46.84 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $110.86 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $110.86 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $117.65 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $162.90 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $203.62 ↑ +155%

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $94.50 $7.73 – $8.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $147.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $65.28 $6.96 – $36.33
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $105.00 $7.73 – $27.83
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $65.28 $6.96 – $35.17
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $65.28 $6.96 – $36.33
Central Medical Center Seattle $252.80 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $185.64 $7.73 – $48.16

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