Knee disc/dial lock/adj flex at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$598.02
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.
$1,024.00
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.
$143.83 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,003.52 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $143.83 | ↓ -76% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $199.15 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $432.49 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $573.44 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $716.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $716.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $716.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $747.52 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $747.52 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $747.52 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $921.60 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $952.32 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.52 | ↑ +68% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.52 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.52 | ↑ +68% |
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Knee disc/dial lock/adj flex at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $339.89 | $109.68 – $356.46 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $969.39 | $136.79 – $1,221.08 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $247.25 | $90.52 – $575.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $224.83 | $100.58 – $575.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $187.45 | $40.00 – $569.25 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $519.17 | $159.92 – $1,024.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $191.48 | $100.58 – $502.90 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $171.93 – $318.07 |