Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion 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

$1,370.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,877.01

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$659.10 with CHPW vs $6,777.84 with BCBS - Premera — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $659.10 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $672.28 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $697.87 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $697.87 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $697.87 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $698.64 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $702.13 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $704.85 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $718.80 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $718.80 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $732.76 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $746.72 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $753.70 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $753.70 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $802.55 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $802.55 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $852.95 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,236.90 ↓ -10%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,291.05 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↓ -5%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,325.94 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,339.90 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,416.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,550.81 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,860.97 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $2,791.45 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,907.76 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,489.31 ↑ +155%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,958.11 ↑ +189%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $4,048.29 ↑ +195%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $4,453.43 ↑ +225%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $4,538.57 ↑ +231%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +233%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $6,777.84 ↑ +395%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $2,226.70 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $3,231.36 $1,822.85 – $5,537.83
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $2,844.10 $1,754.15 – $4,464.31
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $3,231.36 $1,822.85 – $4,265.48
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $3,231.36 $1,827.97 – $4,058.09
Central Medical Center Seattle $3,600.00 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $1,873.56 $1,822.85 – $3,688.48
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $2,604.00 not published

All Washington hospitals for this procedure →