Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 min 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

$409.97

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.

$702.00

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.

$14.43 with BCBS - Anthem vs $624.26 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.43 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $19.98 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $43.39 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $356.72 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $445.90 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $445.90 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $445.90 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $465.01 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $465.01 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $465.01 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $573.30 ↑ +40%
United Commercial|HMO $592.41 ↑ +45%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $624.26 ↑ +52%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $624.26 ↑ +52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $624.26 ↑ +52%

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Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 min at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $113.88 $15.26 – $168.48
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $110.60 $16.65 – $169.75
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $86.70 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $197.74 $10.09 – $330.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $323.68 $10.09 – $431.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $181.11 $10.09 – $287.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $201.09 $10.09 – $176.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $237.09 $10.09 – $217.80

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