Intracranial limited 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

$465.01

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.

$1,315.93

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.

$223.71 with CHPW vs $1,184.34 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 $223.71 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $228.19 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $234.44 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $236.87 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $236.87 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $236.87 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $237.14 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $238.32 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $239.24 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $243.98 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $243.98 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $248.72 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $253.45 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $255.82 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $255.82 ↓ -45%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $271.71 ↓ -42%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $272.40 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $272.40 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $289.51 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $290.81 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $311.56 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $319.91 ↓ -31%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $329.70 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $397.00 ↓ -15%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $438.21 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $450.05 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Navigate $450.30 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $454.79 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $465.29 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $474.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $526.38 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $631.65 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $947.47 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,184.34 ↑ +155%

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Intracranial limited study at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $600.48 $121.06 – $526.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,557.50 $116.50 – $403.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $600.48 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $600.48 $121.40 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $431.20 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $1,305.50 $116.50 – $376.53
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $431.60 $119.06 – $470.74
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $424.80 $75.03 – $475.62

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