Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$36.41

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.

$103.01

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.

$4.76 with Amerigroup vs $88.29 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
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4.76 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.76 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $4.76 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.76 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.76 ↓ -87%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $4.76 ↓ -87%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $4.90 ↓ -87%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.09 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.14 ↓ -86%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $5.47 ↓ -85%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $7.14 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $7.14 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8.34 ↓ -77%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8.81 ↓ -76%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $9.04 ↓ -75%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $9.14 ↓ -75%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $16.68 ↓ -54%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $17.02 ↓ -53%
United Medicaid|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.77 ↓ -51%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $20.31 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $22.05 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.94 ↓ -29%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $33.20 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $34.08 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $48.07 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Navigate $48.07 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51.02 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $70.64 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.29 ↑ +142%

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Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $97.65 $4.76 – $5.24
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $61.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $33.60 $4.28 – $22.37
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $130.20 $4.76 – $17.14
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $33.60 $4.28 – $21.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $33.60 $4.28 – $22.37
Central Medical Center Seattle $53.60 $4.00 – $4.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $57.72 $4.76 – $29.65

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