X-ray ribs 3 views bilateral at St. Elizabeth Hospital
1455 Battersby Avenue, Enumclaw, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1073674040
$282.17
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.
$798.51
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.
$120.18 with Aetna vs $718.66 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.
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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| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $120.18 | ↓ -57% |
| CHPW | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Coordinated Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.47 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $141.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $143.74 | ↓ -49% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $143.74 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $143.74 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $143.90 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $144.62 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $145.17 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $148.05 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $148.05 | ↓ -48% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $150.92 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $153.80 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $155.24 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $155.24 | ↓ -45% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $165.30 | ↓ -41% |
| WellPoint | Medicaid|All Plans | $165.30 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $175.68 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $204.25 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $207.00 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $234.44 | ↓ -17% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $264.32 | ↓ -6% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $265.91 | ↓ -6% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $271.71 | ↓ -4% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $273.10 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $275.97 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $290.81 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $311.56 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $319.91 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Plans | $465.29 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $574.93 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $718.66 | ↑ +155% |
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X-ray ribs 3 views bilateral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $762.30 | 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 | $637.00 | $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 | $354.64 | $121.06 – $698.26 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $625.80 | not published |