CT neck soft tissue without contrast at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$1,424.38
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.
$2,439.00
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.
$135.12 with United vs $2,390.22 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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| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $409.01 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $434.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $888.24 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,195.11 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,365.84 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,463.40 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,707.30 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,707.30 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,707.30 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,780.47 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,780.47 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,780.47 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,195.10 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,268.27 | ↑ +59% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $2,390.22 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $2,390.22 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,390.22 | ↑ +68% |
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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $954.41 | $135.12 – $1,699.62 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $736.78 | $21.27 – $1,271.67 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,196.17 | $140.89 – $1,099.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,198.21 | $135.12 – $3,773.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,460.21 | $206.57 – $1,394.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,733.43 | $134.73 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,372.33 | $135.12 – $2,959.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,357.54 | $135.12 – $2,922.21 |