Autopsy (necropsy) complete at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$904.58
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.
$1,548.93
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.
$867.41 with Blue Shield CA vs $1,517.96 with Coventry — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $867.41 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,084.26 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,084.26 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,084.26 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,130.72 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,130.72 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,130.72 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,394.04 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,440.51 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,517.96 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,517.96 | ↑ +68% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,517.96 | ↑ +68% |
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Autopsy (necropsy) complete at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,205.07 | $371.75 – $1,517.96 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $635.35 | $327.50 – $1,310.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,690.76 | $72.25 – $3,932.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,507.70 | $435.05 – $3,856.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $1,307.26 | $435.05 – $3,208.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $785.31 | $435.05 – $1,517.96 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $1,310.03 | $435.05 – $3,343.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $713.86 – $1,790.65 |