Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization 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

$91.11

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.

$156.00

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.

$2.93 with Partnership Health Plan vs $25.48 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.93 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $5.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13.00 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.56 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.12 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18.20 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.20 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.20 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.98 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.98 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18.98 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.40 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $24.18 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $25.48 ↓ -72%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $25.48 ↓ -72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $25.48 ↓ -72%

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Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.23 $4.31 – $28.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.38 $4.31 – $67.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.96 $16.30 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $38.81 $2.93 – $70.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $2.93 – $15.39
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $4.12 – $14.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $404.90 $5.86 – $171.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $404.90 $4.22 – $204.92

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