Eeg recording awake and asleep 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

$488.81

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.

$837.00

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.

$133.35 with BCBS - Anthem vs $820.26 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 $133.35 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $234.17 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -19%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -19%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $400.98 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $410.13 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $468.72 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $502.20 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $585.90 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $585.90 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $585.90 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $611.01 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $611.01 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $611.01 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $753.30 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $778.41 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $820.26 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $820.26 ↑ +68%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $820.26 ↑ +68%

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Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $542.52 $62.28 – $908.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $695.50 $74.60 – $1,448.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $724.61 $74.60 – $1,066.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $637.00 $74.60 – $1,592.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $368.78 $74.60 – $795.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $364.80 $74.60 – $462.15
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