Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$46.86

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.

$132.60

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.

$8.17 with Amerigroup vs $119.34 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
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -83%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $8.17 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $8.25 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $8.42 ↓ -82%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.82 ↓ -81%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $9.40 ↓ -80%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $12.26 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $12.26 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $14.83 ↓ -68%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $15.11 ↓ -68%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $15.52 ↓ -67%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $15.69 ↓ -67%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $22.55 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $23.90 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.02 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $27.45 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $37.85 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.53 ↓ -5%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $59.01 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $60.53 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $64.98 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $64.98 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $68.96 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $95.48 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $119.34 ↑ +155%

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $42.84 $8.17 – $8.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $74.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $58.56 $7.35 – $38.40
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $56.70 $8.17 – $29.41
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $58.56 $7.35 – $37.17
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $58.56 $7.35 – $38.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $79.20 $6.00 – $6.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $32.76 $8.17 – $50.90

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