Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level 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

$1,094.42

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.

$1,874.00

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.

$122.19 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,836.52 with Health Net — 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 $122.19 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $213.34 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $367.42 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $937.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,049.44 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,161.88 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,311.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,311.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,311.80 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,368.02 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,368.02 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,368.02 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,686.60 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $1,742.82 ↑ +59%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,836.52 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,836.52 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,836.52 ↑ +68%

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Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,029.30 $84.08 – $1,833.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $613.54 $98.29 – $265.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,360.68 $951.25 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,109.38 $68.36 – $2,540.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $230.44 $68.36 – $339.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,016.07 $68.36 – $2,540.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,450.44 $1,002.25 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,588.80 $907.88 – $8,018.00

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