Sodium 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

$40.69

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.

$115.14

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.

$4.81 with Amerigroup vs $87.83 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 $4.81 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -88%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -88%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $5.05 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $5.05 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.15 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.19 ↓ -87%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $5.53 ↓ -86%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $8.72 ↓ -79%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $8.90 ↓ -78%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $9.14 ↓ -78%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $9.24 ↓ -77%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $16.59 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $16.93 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|All Plans $17.59 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -57%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $20.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $22.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.21 ↓ -36%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $34.78 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $35.71 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $47.82 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Navigate $47.82 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $50.75 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $70.26 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $87.83 ↑ +116%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $41.58 $4.81 – $5.29
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $88.20 not published
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