Insert sq defib electrode 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

$3,175.39

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.

$8,986.16

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.

$0.70 with Cigna vs $35,954.31 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.

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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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $0.70 ↓ -100%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $1,527.65 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,558.21 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,617.51 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $1,617.51 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,617.51 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $1,619.31 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,627.40 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $1,633.69 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $1,666.04 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $1,666.04 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $1,698.39 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,730.74 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,746.91 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,746.91 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,860.14 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,860.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,976.96 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $2,992.40 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $3,073.27 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $3,105.62 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3,594.47 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,313.36 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $6,470.04 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $6,739.62 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,087.55 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|Navigate $14,438.10 ↑ +355%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15,198.00 ↑ +379%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $16,531.00 ↑ +421%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $20,996.61 ↑ +561%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $22,210.08 ↑ +599%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $24,075.80 ↑ +658%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $24,432.80 ↑ +669%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $35,954.31 ↑ +1032%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $8,167.68 $7,277.00 – $37,215.81
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $19,708.50 $5,419.00 – $23,689.74
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $8,167.68 $7,277.00 – $35,840.28
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $8,167.68 $7,277.00 – $37,215.81
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $3,966.03 $5,661.29 – $38,471.14
St. Anne Hospital Burien $2,743.98 $3,864.05 – $8,087.55
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $2,733.13 $6,470.04 – $22,210.08
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $4,875.60 $1,179.01 – $39,723.75

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