Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$48.64

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.

$137.64

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.

$14.71 with Amerigroup vs $123.88 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 $14.71 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -70%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↓ -70%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $14.86 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $15.15 ↓ -69%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $15.45 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $15.45 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.74 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.89 ↓ -67%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $16.92 ↓ -65%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $22.07 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $22.07 ↓ -55%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $23.40 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $24.81 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.93 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $26.67 ↓ -45%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $27.21 ↓ -44%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $27.95 ↓ -43%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $28.24 ↓ -42%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $28.50 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $55.06 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $66.07 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Navigate $67.45 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $67.45 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $71.58 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $99.11 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $103.23 ↑ +112%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $109.00 ↑ +124%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $123.88 ↑ +155%

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Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $137.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $106.08 $13.24 – $69.14
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $221.90 $14.71 – $52.96
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $106.08 $13.24 – $66.93
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $106.08 $13.24 – $69.14
Central Medical Center Seattle $66.40 $11.00 – $11.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $67.60 $14.71 – $91.64
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $330.40 not published

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