Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$90,381.01
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.
$154,762.00
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.
$18,346.02 with California Health & Wellness vs $85,614.76 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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| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $18,346.02 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $21,840.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $21,840.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $48,922.72 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $61,153.40 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $61,153.40 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61,153.40 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63,774.26 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63,774.26 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $63,774.26 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $78,625.80 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $81,246.66 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $85,614.76 | ↓ -5% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $85,614.76 | ↓ -5% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $85,614.76 | ↓ -5% |
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Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $78,244.76 | $906.72 – $2,946.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $58,492.95 | $65.19 – $154.23 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,924.20 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $83,180.09 | $869.40 – $3,704.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $76,183.64 | $718.20 – $3,704.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $71,017.57 | $15.00 – $54.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $70,251.88 | $15.00 – $58.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,817.90 | not published |