Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$255.75

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.

$723.74

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.

$33.86 with Amerigroup vs $651.37 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 $33.86 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -87%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -87%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $34.20 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $34.88 ↓ -86%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $35.55 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $35.55 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $36.23 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $36.57 ↓ -86%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $38.94 ↓ -85%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $50.79 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $50.79 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $61.43 ↓ -76%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $62.64 ↓ -76%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $64.33 ↓ -75%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $65.01 ↓ -75%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $123.04 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $125.50 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $130.42 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $131.07 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $149.82 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $156.86 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $184.54 ↓ -28%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $244.65 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $250.98 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $354.64 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $354.64 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $376.35 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $521.10 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $651.37 ↑ +155%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $213.60 $30.47 – $159.14
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $298.90 $33.86 – $121.90
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $213.60 $30.47 – $154.06
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $213.60 $30.47 – $159.14
Central Medical Center Seattle $152.80 $25.00 – $25.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $210.70 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $58.80 $33.86 – $62.64
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $211.40 $33.86 – $132.39

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