Incision of tongue fold at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$754.96
Cash price 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.
$2,136.49
Gross charge 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.
$363.21 with CHPW vs $6,454.10 with BCBS - Premera — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $363.21 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $370.47 | ↓ -51% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $384.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $384.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $384.57 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $385.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $386.92 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $388.42 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $396.11 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $396.11 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $403.80 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $411.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $415.34 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $415.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $442.26 | ↓ -41% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $442.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $470.03 | ↓ -38% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $711.46 | ↓ -6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $730.68 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $738.38 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $854.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,025.52 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,538.28 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,602.37 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,711.90 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,802.00 | ↑ +139% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,922.85 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,960.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,769.07 | ↑ +399% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $3,776.99 | ↑ +400% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $4,154.98 | ↑ +450% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $4,321.81 | ↑ +472% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.00 | ↑ +503% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $6,454.10 | ↑ +755% |
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Incision of tongue fold at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,344.48 | $1,796.72 – $6,571.29 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $3,624.60 | $1,729.00 – $4,400.30 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,344.48 | $1,796.72 – $6,328.40 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,344.48 | $1,801.76 – $6,571.29 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $3,174.60 | $1,796.72 – $7,893.64 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $2,235.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,017.40 | $1,351.34 – $3,198.65 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $2,237.90 | $216.58 – $5,006.05 |