Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$893.52
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.
$1,530.00
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.
$153.94 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,271.06 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $153.94 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $213.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $462.90 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $635.53 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $726.32 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $778.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $907.90 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $907.90 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $907.90 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $946.81 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $946.81 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $946.81 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,167.30 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,206.21 | ↑ +35% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,271.06 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,271.06 | ↑ +42% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,271.06 | ↑ +42% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $382.38 | $162.86 – $680.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $388.22 | $21.73 – $123.83 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $724.20 | $321.54 – $554.35 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $767.84 | $107.65 – $1,758.12 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $165.17 | $64.16 – $243.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $703.25 | $107.65 – $1,758.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $505.31 | $107.65 – $1,000.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $609.96 | $107.65 – $987.50 |