Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$1,391.68
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.
$2,383.00
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.
$161.15 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,335.34 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.
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 | $161.15 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $281.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $484.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,191.50 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,334.48 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,477.46 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,668.10 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,668.10 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,668.10 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,739.59 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,739.59 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,739.59 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,144.70 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,216.19 | ↑ +59% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $2,335.34 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,335.34 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $2,335.34 | ↑ +68% |
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Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $802.00 | $101.27 – $239.59 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,360.68 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,212.12 | $48.38 – $183.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $741.26 | $90.15 – $1,598.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $733.27 | $90.15 – $1,578.42 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,450.44 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,459.62 | $907.88 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $792.03 | $721.00 – $3,982.87 |