Strep b dna amp probe 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

$77.50

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.

$219.30

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.

$35.09 with United vs $260.09 with Aetna — 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
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -55%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -55%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $35.44 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $36.14 ↓ -53%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -52%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $37.29 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.55 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $37.90 ↓ -51%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $38.03 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|All Plans $39.52 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $39.72 ↓ -49%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $40.35 ↓ -48%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $45.40 ↓ -41%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $52.64 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $52.64 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $63.64 ↓ -18%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $64.92 ↓ -16%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $66.67 ↓ -14%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $67.37 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $87.72 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $105.27 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Navigate $107.46 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $107.46 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $114.04 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $157.90 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $164.48 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $197.37 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $260.09 ↑ +236%

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Strep b dna amp probe at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $115.50 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $162.72 $31.58 – $164.92
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $308.00 $35.09 – $126.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $162.72 $31.58 – $159.66
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $162.72 $31.58 – $164.92
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $107.12 $35.09 – $218.61
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $135.10 not published
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds $162.72 $35.09 – $157.91

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