Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump 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

$822.00

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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.

$2,326.21

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.

$395.46 with CHPW vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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 $395.46 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $403.37 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $418.72 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $418.72 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $418.72 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $419.19 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $421.28 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $422.91 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $431.28 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $431.28 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $439.66 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $448.03 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $452.22 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $452.22 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $481.53 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $481.53 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $511.77 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $774.63 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $795.57 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $803.94 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $930.49 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,116.59 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,236.90 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,416.00 ↑ +72%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,552.58 ↑ +89%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,574.04 ↑ +91%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,674.88 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,703.79 ↑ +107%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,731.57 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,780.27 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,093.59 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $2,658.61 ↑ +223%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +454%

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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $865.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,096.64 $726.41 – $2,963.40
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,121.30 $699.03 – $1,954.58
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,096.64 $726.41 – $2,868.82
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,096.64 $728.45 – $2,963.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,760.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,873.56 $726.41 – $3,688.48
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $1,012.20 not published

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