Apheresis rbc at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$2,332.50
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.
$3,994.00
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.
$1,397.52 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,994.00 with Partnership Health Plan — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,397.52 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,997.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,082.87 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,236.64 | ↓ -4% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,440.23 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,476.28 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,795.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,795.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,795.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,915.62 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,915.62 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,915.62 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,594.60 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,714.42 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,914.12 | ↑ +68% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $3,914.12 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $3,914.12 | ↑ +68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,994.00 | ↑ +71% |
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Apheresis rbc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,872.32 | $2,211.33 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,504.72 | $2,003.11 – $8,018.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,660.96 | $1,702.64 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,385.86 | $1,044.48 – $4,264.96 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,396.12 | $892.00 – $5,147.50 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,244.90 | $1,142.00 – $4,776.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $2,416.24 | $123.61 – $7,524.52 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $11,498.90 | $1,142.00 – $4,751.00 |