Methylnaltrexone 12 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous injection (wrapper) 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

$620.21

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.

$1,062.00

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.

$125.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $245.98 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.

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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 $125.50 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $140.56 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $155.62 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $175.70 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $175.70 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $175.70 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $183.23 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $183.23 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $183.23 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $225.90 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $233.43 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $245.98 ↓ -60%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $245.98 ↓ -60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $245.98 ↓ -60%

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Methylnaltrexone 12 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $242.66 $0.55 – $432.12
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $372.89 $0.52 – $4.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $790.52 $0.92 – $1,810.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $554.56 $215.41 – $816.01
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $724.03 $1.70 – $1,810.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $272.69 $0.85 – $139.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $269.75 $0.83 – $137.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $372.89 $0.56 – $4.11

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