Myelography l-s spine at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$1,232.12
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.
$3,486.81
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.
$204.25 with United vs $3,388.53 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.
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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| United | Commercial|Navigate | $204.25 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $207.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $276.43 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $325.22 | ↓ -74% |
| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $592.76 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $604.62 | ↓ -51% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $627.63 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $627.63 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $627.63 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $628.33 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $631.47 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $633.91 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $646.46 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $646.46 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $659.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $671.56 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $677.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $677.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $721.77 | ↓ -41% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $721.77 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $767.10 | ↓ -38% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,161.11 | ↓ -6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,192.49 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,205.05 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,396.62 | ↑ +13% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,978.83 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $2,015.51 | ↑ +64% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,217.21 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,269.03 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,510.51 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,590.29 | ↑ +110% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,138.13 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $3,388.53 | ↑ +175% |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,490.40 | $907.77 – $3,199.85 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,429.40 | $744.41 – $2,450.95 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,490.40 | $907.77 – $3,097.73 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,490.40 | $284.35 – $3,199.85 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $2,720.00 | $791.00 – $791.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $1,227.10 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $2,630.60 | $395.65 – $1,616.08 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $1,354.50 | $188.18 – $2,662.01 |