Intracranial complete study 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

$553.58

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.

$1,566.58

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.

$234.44 with Cigna vs $1,409.93 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
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $234.44 ↓ -58%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $266.32 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $271.65 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $281.99 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $281.99 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $281.99 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $282.30 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $283.71 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $284.81 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $290.45 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $290.45 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $296.09 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $301.73 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $304.55 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $304.55 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $324.29 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $324.29 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $344.65 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $397.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Navigate $450.30 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $474.00 ↓ -14%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $521.68 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $535.78 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $541.42 ↓ -2%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $605.60 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $626.64 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $635.38 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $694.41 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $698.97 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $751.96 ↑ +36%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $797.16 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $1,037.01 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,127.94 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,409.93 ↑ +155%

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Intracranial complete study at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,116.00 $276.30 – $1,095.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,463.00 $265.88 – $838.94
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,116.00 $276.30 – $1,060.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,116.00 $277.07 – $1,095.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $865.60 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,074.50 $265.88 – $839.23
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $870.48 $271.72 – $978.77
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia $326.04 $233.25 – $1,305.02

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