Special radiation dosimetry 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

$318.79

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.

$902.15

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.

$76.50 with Aetna vs $811.94 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
Aetna Commercial|AWH $76.50 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $90.00 ↓ -72%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $153.37 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $156.44 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $162.39 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $162.39 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $162.39 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $162.57 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $163.38 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $164.02 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $167.26 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $167.26 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $170.51 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $173.76 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $175.38 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $175.38 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $186.75 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $186.75 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $198.48 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $256.74 ↓ -19%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $300.42 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $308.54 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $311.79 ↓ -2%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $335.34 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $362.91 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $384.52 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $399.23 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Navigate $433.04 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $442.06 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $460.10 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $574.24 ↑ +80%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $634.60 ↑ +99%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $649.55 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $811.94 ↑ +155%

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