Brace kafo dbl upright cust 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

$4,906.77

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.

$8,402.00

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.

$1,043.28 with California Health & Wellness vs $4,968.00 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.

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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
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,043.28 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,242.00 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,782.08 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,477.60 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,477.60 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,477.60 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,626.64 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,626.64 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,626.64 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,471.20 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $4,620.24 ↓ -6%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $4,868.64 ↓ -1%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $4,868.64 ↓ -1%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,868.64 ↓ -1%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,968.00 ↑ +1%

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Brace kafo dbl upright cust at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $7,955.83 $1,451.28 – $5,926.06
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $4,487.05 $1,217.53 – $8,025.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $4,080.09 $1,352.81 – $8,025.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $3,401.81 $40.00 – $7,944.75
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,859.19 $1,147.85 – $8,869.75
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $4,259.82 $1,092.96 – $4,968.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $3,474.86 $1,352.81 – $6,764.05
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,274.83 $1,352.81 – $9,287.15

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