X-ray exam of salivary gland 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

$160.30

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.

$453.63

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.

$77.12 with CHPW vs $408.27 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
CHPW Medicaid|All Plans $77.12 ↓ -52%
Coordinated Care Medicaid|All Plans $78.66 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $81.66 ↓ -49%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $81.66 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $81.66 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|All Plans $81.75 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $82.16 ↓ -49%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $82.47 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $84.11 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $84.11 ↓ -48%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $85.74 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $87.37 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -45%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $93.91 ↓ -41%
WellPoint Medicaid|All Plans $93.91 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $99.80 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $117.54 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $127.23 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $138.29 ↓ -14%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $151.06 ↓ -6%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $155.15 ↓ -3%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $156.78 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Navigate $204.25 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $207.00 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $215.00 ↑ +34%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $224.58 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $236.39 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $257.51 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $260.05 ↑ +62%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $264.32 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $326.62 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Plans $384.56 ↑ +140%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $408.27 ↑ +155%

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X-ray exam of salivary gland at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $424.80 $100.77 – $375.11
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $758.80 $96.98 – $287.32
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $424.80 $100.77 – $363.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $424.80 $101.06 – $375.11
Central Medical Center Seattle $304.00 $89.00 – $89.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $281.40 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $820.40 $80.52 – $179.41
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $376.60 $96.98 – $311.23

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