Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$417.56
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.
$715.00
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.
$99.57 with BCBS - Anthem vs $617.40 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.
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 | $99.57 | ↓ -76% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $137.87 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $299.41 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $352.80 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $441.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $441.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $441.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $459.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $459.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $459.90 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $567.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $585.90 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $617.40 | ↑ +48% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $617.40 | ↑ +48% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $617.40 | ↑ +48% |
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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $135.78 | $32.71 – $230.10 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $218.04 | $114.89 – $334.65 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $514.59 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $197.74 | $69.63 – $224.42 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $639.36 | $69.63 – $940.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $132.11 | $61.83 – $224.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $239.67 | $69.63 – $284.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $196.72 | $69.63 – $351.45 |