Inj dx for sinogram 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

$554.80

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.

$950.00

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.

$458.20 with BCBS - Anthem vs $950.00 with Partnership Health Plan — 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 $458.20 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $475.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $532.00 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $589.00 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $665.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $665.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $665.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $693.50 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $693.50 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $693.50 ↑ +25%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $800.06 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $855.00 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $883.50 ↑ +59%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $931.00 ↑ +68%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $931.00 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $931.00 ↑ +68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $950.00 ↑ +71%

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Inj dx for sinogram at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $179.58 $110.70 – $410.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $418.59 $256.33 – $883.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,220.78 $150.57 – $570.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $383.38 $254.88 – $925.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.82 $89.65 – $256.33
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $63.13 $94.60 – $256.33
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $98.43 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $574.77 $185.22 – $882.00

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