Homovanillic acid (hva) at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$8.68
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.
$14.85
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.
$7.28 with BCBS - Anthem vs $14.85 with Humana — 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 | Commercial|Exchange | $7.28 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8.32 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.91 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10.40 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10.40 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.40 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.85 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10.85 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.85 | ↑ +25% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.40 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.37 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13.82 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $14.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $14.56 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14.56 | ↑ +68% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $14.85 | ↑ +71% |
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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.44 | $3.97 – $59.47 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $10.64 | $4.48 – $18.81 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6.63 | $21.96 – $134.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6.36 | $7.35 – $57.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.83 | $3.97 – $67.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.51 | $7.35 – $64.41 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.45 | $7.35 – $64.41 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6.63 | $22.41 – $169.39 |