Treat sternum fracture 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

$135.71

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.

$384.03

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.

$65.29 with CHPW vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $65.29 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $66.60 ↓ -51%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $69.13 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $69.13 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $69.13 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $69.21 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $69.55 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $69.82 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $71.20 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $71.20 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $72.59 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $73.97 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $74.66 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $74.66 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $79.50 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $79.50 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $84.49 ↓ -38%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $127.89 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $131.34 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $132.73 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $153.62 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $184.34 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $276.51 ↑ +104%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $288.03 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $345.63 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $563.25 ↑ +315%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $582.82 ↑ +329%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $619.62 ↑ +357%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $668.30 ↑ +392%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $998.00 ↑ +635%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,814.50 ↑ +1237%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,910.00 ↑ +1307%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,077.00 ↑ +1430%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00 ↑ +3257%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $250.60 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $698.40 $285.64 – $1,013.51
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Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $698.40 $285.64 – $981.16
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Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $298.90 not published
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