Valvuloplasty aortic at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$4,567.12
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.
$12,924.66
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.
$2,197.20 with CHPW vs $24,189.12 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 | $2,197.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,241.14 | ↓ -51% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $2,326.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,326.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,326.44 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,329.03 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,340.66 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $2,349.71 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $2,396.24 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $2,396.24 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $2,442.77 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,489.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,512.56 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,512.56 | ↓ -45% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,675.41 | ↓ -41% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $2,675.41 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,843.43 | ↓ -38% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $4,303.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $4,420.24 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $4,466.77 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $5,169.87 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,203.84 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,725.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $9,305.76 | ↑ +104% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $9,693.50 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,632.20 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $13,386.45 | ↑ +193% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,091.00 | ↑ +209% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,125.96 | ↑ +209% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $14,190.58 | ↑ +211% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $15,327.00 | ↑ +236% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $15,610.74 | ↑ +242% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $16,197.56 | ↑ +255% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $24,189.12 | ↑ +430% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $24,125.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $12,660.90 | $6,342.36 – $16,141.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $17,334.72 | $6,590.77 – $23,233.84 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $17,334.72 | $6,609.26 – $24,125.54 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $11,677.40 | $2,227.73 – $18,379.01 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,262.40 | $6,481.57 – $18,775.32 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | $7,757.36 | $5,563.90 – $23,283.38 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $10,473.20 | $5,833.67 – $23,208.53 |