Western blot test at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$131.36
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.
$371.73
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.
$17.03 with Amerigroup vs $126.27 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.
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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| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -87% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $17.20 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $17.54 | ↓ -87% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $17.88 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $17.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $18.22 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $19.58 | ↓ -85% |
| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.37 | ↓ -83% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.81 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.71 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.83 | ↓ -82% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $25.55 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $25.55 | ↓ -81% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.23 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $30.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $31.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $32.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $32.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $52.62 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.14 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $64.46 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $64.46 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $68.41 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $94.71 | ↓ -28% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $98.66 | ↓ -25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $118.39 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $126.27 | ↓ -4% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Western blot test at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $46.90 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $123.36 | $15.33 – $80.04 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $170.80 | $17.03 – $61.31 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $123.36 | $15.33 – $77.49 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $123.36 | $15.33 – $80.04 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $189.60 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $457.80 | not published |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $123.36 | $17.03 – $76.64 |