Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital

2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$6,200.33

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.

$10,617.00

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.

$468.12 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,404.66 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $468.12 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $817.38 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,407.64 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,122.60 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,122.60 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,122.60 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,122.60 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,122.60 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,122.60 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,122.60 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,308.50 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,945.52 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,582.54 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,431.90 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,431.90 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,431.90 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,750.41 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,750.41 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,750.41 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,555.30 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $9,873.81 ↑ +59%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $10,404.66 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,404.66 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $10,404.66 ↑ +68%

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Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $733.27 $261.89 – $1,078.98
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,465.95 $261.89 – $7,460.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,771.56 $4,645.79 – $16,652.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,146.48 $3,125.00 – $5,198.77
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,718.45 $1,528.00 – $7,332.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,608.15 $1,528.00 – $7,332.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $4,385.55 $520.50 – $8,477.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $322.12 – $7,471.42

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