X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$493.70

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.

$1,397.12

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.

$191.71 with Aetna vs $1,257.41 with MultiPlan — 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
Aetna Commercial|AWH $191.71 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Navigate $204.25 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $207.00 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $215.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $225.54 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $234.44 ↓ -53%
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $237.52 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $242.27 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $251.49 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $251.49 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $251.49 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $251.77 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $253.02 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $254.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $259.03 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $259.03 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $264.06 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $269.09 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $271.61 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $271.61 ↓ -45%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $271.71 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $289.21 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $289.21 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $290.81 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $307.37 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $311.56 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $319.91 ↓ -35%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $445.33 ↓ -10%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $465.25 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $465.29 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $477.82 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $482.85 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,005.93 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,257.41 ↑ +155%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $287.28 $59.57 – $128.15
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $965.30 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $488.16 $121.06 – $526.78
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,016.40 $116.50 – $403.49
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $488.16 $121.06 – $509.96
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $488.16 $121.40 – $526.78
Central Medical Center Seattle $368.00 $107.00 – $107.00
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $397.28 $121.06 – $698.26

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