Delivery of placenta 59414 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

$3,150.10

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.

$5,394.00

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.

$182.37 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,286.12 with Coventry — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $182.37 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $252.51 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $548.39 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,697.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,020.64 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,344.28 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,775.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,775.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,775.80 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,937.62 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,937.62 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,937.62 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,039.91 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,039.91 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,039.91 ↑ +28%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,039.91 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,039.91 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,039.91 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,039.91 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,854.60 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $5,016.42 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,286.12 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $5,286.12 ↑ +68%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $5,286.12 ↑ +68%

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Delivery of placenta 59414 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,720.47 $192.94 – $7,096.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,192.20 $146.70 – $1,881.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,724.24 $2,570.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,393.19 $127.53 – $7,769.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,623.66 $127.53 – $6,559.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,451.57 $127.53 – $5,484.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,619.28 $127.53 – $5,923.71
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,364.29 $4,596.27 – $16,652.00

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