Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath 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

$336.25

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.

$951.55

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.

$161.77 with CHPW vs $2,658.61 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 $161.77 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $165.00 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $171.28 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $171.28 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $171.28 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $171.47 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $172.33 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $173.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $176.42 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $176.42 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $179.85 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $183.27 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $184.99 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $184.99 ↓ -45%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $196.98 ↓ -41%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $196.98 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $209.35 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $316.87 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $325.44 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $328.86 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $380.62 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $456.75 ↑ +36%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $517.71 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $656.57 ↑ +95%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $685.12 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $856.40 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,236.90 ↑ +268%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +287%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,416.00 ↑ +321%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,552.58 ↑ +362%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,574.04 ↑ +368%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,731.57 ↑ +415%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,780.27 ↑ +429%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $2,658.61 ↑ +691%

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Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath 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 $2,403.36 $726.41 – $2,963.40
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,656.90 $699.03 – $1,954.58
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,403.36 $726.41 – $2,868.82
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,403.36 $728.45 – $2,963.40
Central Medical Center Seattle $1,440.00 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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