Observation per hour at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$93.99
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.
$265.97
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.
$21.47 with CHPW vs $133.52 with Kaiser — 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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| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.47 | ↓ -77% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.90 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22.73 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $22.73 | ↓ -76% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $22.73 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.75 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $22.96 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $23.41 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $23.41 | ↓ -75% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $23.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24.32 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $24.55 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $26.14 | ↓ -72% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.14 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $27.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $42.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $43.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $43.63 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $50.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60.60 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $61.86 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $61.86 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $63.12 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $65.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $90.90 | ↓ -3% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $94.68 | ↑ +1% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $113.62 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $121.38 | ↑ +29% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $133.52 | ↑ +42% |
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Observation per hour at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $37.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $102.24 | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $59.50 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $102.24 | not published |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $102.24 | not published |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $92.56 | not published |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $72.80 | not published |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $124.60 | not published |