Brace back epic lo 627 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$779.06
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.
$1,334.00
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.
$280.14 with California Health & Wellness vs $1,307.32 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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| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $280.14 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $333.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $747.04 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $933.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $933.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $933.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $973.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $973.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $973.82 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,200.60 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,240.62 | ↑ +59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,301.48 | ↑ +67% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,307.32 | ↑ +68% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,307.32 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,307.32 | ↑ +68% |
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Brace back epic lo 627 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $543.52 | $302.67 – $1,318.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $537.66 | $302.67 – $1,421.05 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $344.57 | $302.67 – $1,172.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,262.70 | $389.52 – $1,590.54 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $301.79 | $134.78 – $562.56 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $676.34 | $293.48 – $1,334.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $140.66 – $260.22 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $140.66 – $260.22 |