Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope 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

$223.70

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.

$633.05

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.

$107.62 with CHPW vs $838.28 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 $107.62 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $109.78 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $113.95 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $113.95 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $113.95 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $114.08 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $114.65 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $115.09 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $117.37 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $117.37 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $119.65 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $121.93 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $123.07 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $123.07 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $131.05 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $131.05 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.28 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $210.81 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $216.51 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $218.79 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $253.22 ↑ +13%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $294.82 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $303.87 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $455.80 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $486.36 ↑ +117%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $489.55 ↑ +119%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $535.03 ↑ +139%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $561.34 ↑ +151%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $569.75 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $838.28 ↑ +275%

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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $126.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $426.72 $231.14 – $735.79
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $283.50 $222.43 – $566.09
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $426.72 $231.14 – $712.30
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $426.72 $231.79 – $735.79
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $305.24 $231.14 – $915.82
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $140.70 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $411.60 $175.52 – $710.74

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