Creatine kinase mb 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

$8.08

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.

$13.82

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.

$5.66 with BCBS - Anthem vs $11.55 with Humana — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.66 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.47 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.93 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.09 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.09 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.09 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.44 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.44 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.44 ↑ +4%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.13 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.40 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|HMO $10.75 ↑ +33%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $11.32 ↑ +40%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $11.32 ↑ +40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11.32 ↑ +40%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +43%

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Creatine kinase mb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $201.92 $11.55 – $36.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $21.91 $2.31 – $33.95
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $287.64 $11.32 – $94.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.86 $5.35 – $29.77
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $183.15 $11.55 – $28.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.53 $2.89 – $35.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $112.79 $6.91 – $33.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $111.57 $6.91 – $33.20

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