Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound 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

$151.51

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.

$428.76

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.

$72.89 with CHPW vs $847.25 with BCBS - Premera — 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 $72.89 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $74.35 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $77.18 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $77.18 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $77.18 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $77.27 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $77.65 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $77.95 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $79.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $79.50 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $81.04 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $82.58 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $88.76 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $88.76 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $94.33 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $133.00 ↓ -12%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $142.78 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $146.64 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $148.18 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Navigate $150.10 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $158.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $171.51 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $205.81 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $308.71 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $321.57 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $385.89 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $491.34 ↑ +224%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $494.79 ↑ +227%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $540.51 ↑ +257%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $567.35 ↑ +274%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $847.25 ↑ +459%

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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $450.24 $232.33 – $821.23
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $450.24 $232.33 – $795.02
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $450.24 $232.98 – $821.23
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $297.44 $232.33 – $1,022.17
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $260.52 $228.48 – $681.45
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $189.24 $270.12 – $851.07
St. Anne Hospital Burien $130.93 $184.37 – $385.89
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $130.41 $308.71 – $491.34

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