Brace back epic lso 637 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$2,901.32
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.
$4,968.00
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.
$802.20 with California Health & Wellness vs $3,820.00 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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| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $802.20 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $955.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,139.20 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,674.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,674.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,674.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,788.60 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,788.60 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,788.60 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,438.00 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,552.60 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $3,743.60 | ↑ +29% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $3,743.60 | ↑ +29% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,743.60 | ↑ +29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,820.00 | ↑ +32% |
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Brace back epic lso 637 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,055.23 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,244.20 | $890.84 – $2,848.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,139.55 | $552.33 – $2,848.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,788.93 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,561.36 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,561.36 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,055.23 | not published |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,624.88 | not published |