Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$65.91

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.

$186.50

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.

$2.78 with CHPW vs $14.72 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 $2.78 ↓ -96%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $2.84 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|All Plans $2.95 ↓ -96%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $2.95 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.95 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2.95 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2.97 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $2.98 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $3.04 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $3.04 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $3.09 ↓ -95%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $3.10 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.15 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.18 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.18 ↓ -95%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $3.39 ↓ -95%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $3.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.60 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.63 ↓ -94%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $5.45 ↓ -92%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -92%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $5.66 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $5.89 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Navigate $6.05 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.38 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8.18 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $11.78 ↓ -82%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $12.27 ↓ -81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.72 ↓ -78%

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $103.66 $7.70 – $7.70
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $108.44 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $26.61 $2.63 – $4.25
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $108.44 $2.63 – $5.30
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $26.61 $2.63 – $4.25
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $26.61 $2.63 – $4.92
Central Medical Center Seattle $15.17 $2.46 – $2.46
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $89.92 $6.68 – $14.76

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