Collar extrication adult univ 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

$1,319.26

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.

$2,259.00

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.

$215.04 with California Health & Wellness vs $1,024.00 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 $215.04 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $256.00 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $573.44 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $716.80 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $716.80 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $716.80 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $747.52 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $747.52 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $747.52 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $921.60 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|HMO $952.32 ↓ -28%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,003.52 ↓ -24%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,003.52 ↓ -24%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,003.52 ↓ -24%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,024.00 ↓ -22%

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Collar extrication adult univ at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,272.39 $535.68 – $1,740.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $273.11 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $211.42 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $258.65 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $176.72 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $258.65 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $273.11 not published
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $192.63 not published

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