MRI breast without cont bi 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

$1,735.72

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.

$4,911.97

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.

$596.59 with Aetna vs $4,420.78 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
Aetna Commercial|AWH $596.59 ↓ -66%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $605.60 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $635.38 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $694.41 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $698.97 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $701.87 ↓ -60%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $835.04 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $851.74 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $884.16 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $884.16 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $884.16 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $885.14 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $889.56 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $893.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $910.68 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $910.68 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $928.37 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $946.05 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $954.89 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $954.89 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $1,016.78 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $1,016.78 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $1,037.01 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,080.64 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,635.69 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,679.90 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,697.58 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,725.20 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,748.00 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,816.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $3,536.62 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $3,683.98 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,420.78 ↑ +155%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $1,015.68 $276.30 – $1,095.29
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $1,015.68 $276.30 – $1,060.33
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $1,015.68 $277.07 – $1,095.29
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,920.00 $242.00 – $242.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,345.40 $217.13 – $491.89
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $1,948.80 $265.88 – $911.19
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett $1,856.92 $271.72 – $978.77
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima $292.40 $284.65 – $762.64

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