Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$510.08
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.
$1,443.47
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.
$204.25 with United vs $1,299.13 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.
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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| United | Commercial|Navigate | $204.25 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $207.00 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.00 | ↓ -58% |
| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $245.39 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $250.30 | ↓ -51% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $259.83 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $259.83 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $259.83 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $260.12 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $261.42 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $262.43 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $267.62 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $267.62 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $272.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $278.02 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $280.62 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $280.62 | ↓ -45% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $298.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $298.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $317.57 | ↓ -38% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $480.68 | ↓ -6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $493.67 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $498.87 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $577.39 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $692.87 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,039.30 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,082.61 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,299.13 | ↑ +155% |
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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $438.24 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,773.80 | $841.40 – $841.40 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $438.24 | not published |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $438.24 | $93.42 – $93.42 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $800.00 | not published |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $580.30 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $1,044.40 | $447.20 – $447.20 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,682.80 | $176.71 – $176.71 |