Gw stiffened micro access kit 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

$3,511.70

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.

$9,937.90

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.

$7.55 with CHPW vs $39.94 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 $7.55 ↓ -100%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.99 ↓ -100%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $7.99 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.99 ↓ -100%
United Medicaid|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.04 ↓ -100%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $8.07 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↓ -100%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $8.39 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.55 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.63 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.63 ↓ -100%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $9.19 ↓ -100%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $9.19 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.77 ↓ -100%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $14.78 ↓ -100%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $15.18 ↓ -100%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $15.34 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $17.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.30 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $21.75 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Navigate $21.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $22.19 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $31.95 ↓ -99%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $33.28 ↓ -99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.94 ↓ -99%

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Gw stiffened micro access kit at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $15,850.45 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $17,184.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $16,521.43 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $17,184.00 not published
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $17,184.00 not published
Central Medical Center Seattle $5,083.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $15,888.74 not published
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $15,850.45 not published

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