Electrd sq emblem s-icd 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

$8,295.72

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.

$14,205.00

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.

$802.20 with California Health & Wellness vs $3,743.60 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
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $802.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $955.00 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $955.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,139.20 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,674.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,674.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,674.00 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,788.60 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,788.60 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,788.60 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,438.00 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $3,552.60 ↓ -57%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $3,743.60 ↓ -55%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $3,743.60 ↓ -55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,743.60 ↓ -55%

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Electrd sq emblem s-icd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,999.20 $3,371.28 – $10,956.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7,029.06 $2,849.50 – $6,741.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $16,379.04 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10,163.72 $4,201.18 – $17,900.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9,308.83 $3,470.54 – $17,900.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,529.45 $5,073.75 – $18,265.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,448.27 $3,001.25 – $11,644.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $16,379.04 not published

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