Control of nosebleedantersmpl 30901 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

$254.63

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$436.00

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.

$112.26 with BCBS - Anthem vs $427.28 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $112.26 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -36%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -36%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $196.02 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $218.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $244.16 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $270.32 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $305.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $305.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $305.20 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $318.28 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $318.28 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $318.28 ↑ +25%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $337.57 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $392.40 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $405.48 ↑ +59%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $427.28 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $427.28 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $427.28 ↑ +68%

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Control of nosebleedantersmpl 30901 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,181.78 $179.30 – $1,687.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $125.21 $48.64 – $184.24
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,145.97 $188.91 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,881.90 $171.12 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $817.53 $179.26 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,886.49 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,944.63 $185.13 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $616.80 $145.45 – $1,597.00

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