Mayo serotonin 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

$18.11

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.

$31.00

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.

$14.12 with BCBS - Anthem vs $28.80 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.

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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 Commercial|Exchange $14.12 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.13 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17.28 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.16 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20.16 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20.16 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.03 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.03 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21.03 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $25.92 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|HMO $26.79 ↑ +48%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $27.54 ↑ +52%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $28.23 ↑ +56%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $28.23 ↑ +56%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.23 ↑ +56%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
United Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +59%

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Mayo serotonin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.58 $8.37 – $82.21
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.64 $6.20 – $45.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $79.25 $30.36 – $252.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13.27 $14.40 – $79.83
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $20.65 $15.59 – $28.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.16 $7.78 – $93.85
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.51 $15.50 – $89.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.38 $15.50 – $89.04

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