Tongue biopsy; posterior one-third 41105 at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$1,443.32
Cash price 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.
$4,084.50
Gross charge 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.
$694.37 with CHPW vs $13,625.65 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $694.37 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $708.26 | ↓ -51% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $735.21 | ↓ -49% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $735.21 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $735.21 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $736.03 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $739.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $742.57 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $757.27 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $757.27 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $771.98 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $786.68 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $794.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $794.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $845.50 | ↓ -41% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $845.50 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $898.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,360.14 | ↓ -6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,396.90 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,411.61 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,633.80 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,711.90 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,802.00 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,960.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,960.56 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,940.84 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $3,063.38 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,676.05 | ↑ +155% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,920.00 | ↑ +310% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $7,741.04 | ↑ +436% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,957.10 | ↑ +451% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $8,515.74 | ↑ +490% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $9,124.02 | ↑ +532% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $13,625.65 | ↑ +844% |
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Tongue biopsy; posterior one-third 41105 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,802.69 | $2,573.24 – $13,408.63 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,247.23 | $1,756.34 – $3,676.05 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,242.30 | $2,940.84 – $7,741.04 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $1,352.78 | $2,940.84 – $7,741.04 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $3,306.33 | $5.53 – $476.48 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $1,281.82 | $2,940.84 – $7,741.04 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $1,177.32 | $2,940.84 – $7,741.04 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | not published | $3,694.56 – $4,064.02 |