Mr spectroscopy 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

$881.79

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.

$2,495.39

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.

$224.58 with Uniform Medical Plan vs $2,245.86 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
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $224.58 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $236.39 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $257.51 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $260.05 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $384.56 ↓ -56%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $424.22 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $432.71 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $449.18 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $449.18 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $449.18 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $449.67 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $451.92 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $453.67 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $462.65 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $462.65 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $471.63 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $480.62 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $485.11 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $485.11 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $516.55 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $516.55 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $548.99 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $830.97 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $853.43 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $862.41 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $907.32 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $998.16 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,197.79 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,725.20 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,748.00 ↑ +98%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,796.69 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,816.00 ↑ +106%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,871.55 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,245.86 ↑ +155%

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Mr spectroscopy at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $1,352.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,166.88 $100.77 – $306.15
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,014.60 $96.98 – $246.80
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,166.88 $100.77 – $235.81
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,166.88 $101.06 – $224.35
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,600.00 $89.00 – $89.00
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,253.00 $96.98 – $179.41
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $2,121.00 $96.98 – $1,774.96

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