Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic 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

$3,072.74

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.

$8,695.66

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.

$1,236.92 with CHPW vs $6,548.37 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $1,236.92 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,261.66 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,309.68 ↓ -57%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,309.68 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,309.68 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|All Plans $1,311.13 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,317.68 ↓ -57%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,322.77 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,348.97 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,348.97 ↓ -56%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,375.16 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,401.35 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,414.45 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,414.45 ↓ -54%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,506.13 ↓ -51%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,506.13 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,600.72 ↓ -48%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,422.90 ↓ -21%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $2,488.38 ↓ -19%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $2,514.58 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,910.39 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,492.47 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $3,565.23 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Navigate $3,565.23 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,637.98 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,783.50 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $5,238.70 ↑ +70%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $5,456.97 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,548.37 ↑ +113%

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Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $9,261.00 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $7,226.38 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $9,669.17 not published
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $7,226.38 not published
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