Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$73.15

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.

$207.00

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.

$16.87 with Amerigroup vs $186.30 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 $16.87 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -77%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $17.04 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -76%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $17.71 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.71 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.22 ↓ -75%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -73%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $25.31 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $25.31 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $30.60 ↓ -58%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $31.21 ↓ -57%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $32.05 ↓ -56%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $32.39 ↓ -56%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $35.19 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $35.90 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $37.31 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $37.49 ↓ -49%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $39.68 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $40.69 ↓ -44%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $42.85 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $78.15 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $91.94 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $101.43 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $101.43 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $107.64 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $149.04 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $186.30 ↑ +155%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $130.20 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $39.36 $15.18 – $79.29
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $258.30 $16.87 – $60.73
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $39.36 $15.18 – $76.76
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $39.36 $15.18 – $79.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $76.00 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $92.56 $16.87 – $105.10
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $136.50 not published

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