Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$19.58

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.

$55.40

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.

$9.36 with United vs $49.86 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
United Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -52%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -52%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↓ -52%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $9.45 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $9.64 ↓ -51%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $9.83 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $9.83 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|All Plans $9.99 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.02 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $10.04 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.11 ↓ -48%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $10.76 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $11.47 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $13.74 ↓ -30%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $14.04 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $14.04 ↓ -28%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $17.32 ↓ -12%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $17.78 ↓ -9%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $17.97 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $22.16 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.60 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Navigate $27.15 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $27.15 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.81 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $39.89 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $41.55 ↑ +112%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $49.17 ↑ +151%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.86 ↑ +155%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $63.63 $9.36 – $10.30
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $126.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $46.56 $8.42 – $43.99
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $70.70 $9.36 – $33.70
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $46.56 $8.42 – $42.59
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $46.56 $8.42 – $43.99
Central Medical Center Seattle $78.40 $7.00 – $7.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $70.70 not published

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