Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$17.35

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.

$49.08

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.

$2.70 with Amerigroup vs $44.18 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 $2.70 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -84%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -84%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $2.73 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $2.78 ↓ -84%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $2.84 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.89 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2.92 ↓ -83%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $3.10 ↓ -82%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $4.05 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $4.05 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4.88 ↓ -72%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $5.00 ↓ -71%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $5.13 ↓ -70%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $5.18 ↓ -70%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $8.35 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $8.52 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $8.85 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.89 ↓ -49%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $10.16 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $12.51 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.72 ↓ -15%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $19.53 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $20.07 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $24.05 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $24.05 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $25.53 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $35.34 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $44.18 ↑ +155%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $5.67 $2.70 – $2.97
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $53.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $15.36 $2.43 – $12.69
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $44.10 $2.70 – $9.72
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $15.36 $2.43 – $12.29
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $15.36 $2.43 – $12.69
Central Medical Center Seattle $32.00 $2.00 – $2.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $120.64 $2.70 – $16.82

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