Lactic acid at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$96.68
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.
$273.58
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.
$11.57 with Amerigroup vs $217.90 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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| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $11.57 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.57 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $11.57 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.57 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.57 | ↓ -88% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $11.57 | ↓ -88% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $11.69 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $11.92 | ↓ -88% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $12.15 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $12.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $12.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $13.31 | ↓ -86% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $17.36 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $17.36 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $19.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $21.40 | ↓ -78% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $21.98 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $22.21 | ↓ -77% |
| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.16 | ↓ -57% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.99 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.85 | ↓ -55% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.12 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $53.60 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.06 | ↓ -35% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $77.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $79.12 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $118.64 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $118.64 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $125.90 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $174.32 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $217.90 | ↑ +125% |
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Lactic acid at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $111.51 | $11.57 – $12.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $110.60 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $78.24 | $10.41 – $54.38 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $144.90 | $11.57 – $41.65 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $78.24 | $10.41 – $52.64 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $78.24 | $10.41 – $54.38 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $144.80 | $9.00 – $9.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $176.28 | $11.57 – $72.08 |