Diphtheria-tetanus toxoids 0.5 ml (peds) 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

$230.10

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$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.

$69.05 with Partnership Health Plan vs $274.40 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $69.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $98.74 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $136.72 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $156.80 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $173.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $196.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $196.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $196.00 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $204.40 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $204.40 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $204.40 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $252.00 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|HMO $260.40 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $274.40 ↑ +19%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $274.40 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $274.40 ↑ +19%

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Diphtheria-tetanus toxoids 0.5 ml (peds) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $100.20 $27.39 – $153.26
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $24.21 $19.31 – $47.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $310.91 $24.72 – $587.27
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $130.80 $27.75 – $171.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $204.15 $23.63 – $36.16
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $75.08 $21.45 – $172.17
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $59.74 $27.75 – $172.17
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $106.59 $13.76 – $172.17

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