Endo bk ultra-light material 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

$1,013.83

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.

$1,736.00

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.

$364.56 with California Health & Wellness vs $1,736.00 with Partnership Health Plan — 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 $364.56 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $434.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $972.16 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,215.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,215.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,215.20 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,267.28 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,267.28 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,267.28 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,562.40 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $1,614.48 ↑ +59%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,701.28 ↑ +68%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,701.28 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,701.28 ↑ +68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,736.00 ↑ +71%

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Endo bk ultra-light material at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,643.92 $507.12 – $2,070.74
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,111.95 $445.94 – $1,898.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $926.65 $401.35 – $2,229.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $842.61 $445.94 – $2,229.70
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $702.53 $40.00 – $2,133.45
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $880.16 $381.92 – $1,736.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $717.62 $431.00 – $2,229.70
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $652.69 – $1,207.48

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