Brace knee postop tscope xl at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$1,715.80
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.
$2,938.00
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.
$616.98 with California Health & Wellness vs $2,879.24 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 | $616.98 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $717.02 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,645.28 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,056.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,056.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,056.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,144.74 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,144.74 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,144.74 | ↑ +25% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,156.06 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,644.20 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,732.34 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $2,879.24 | ↑ +68% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $2,879.24 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,879.24 | ↑ +68% |
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Brace knee postop tscope xl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,654.77 | $758.58 – $2,946.84 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,782.13 | $681.92 – $3,504.48 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,206.15 | $451.27 – $2,805.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,096.76 | $501.41 – $2,805.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $914.43 | $40.00 – $2,776.95 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $1,489.57 | $646.36 – $2,938.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $934.07 | $501.41 – $2,507.05 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $939.24 – $1,737.59 |