Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb 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

$213.75

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.

$366.00

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.

$41.54 with BCBS - Anthem vs $358.68 with Health Net — 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 $41.54 ↓ -81%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $72.96 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $124.90 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $179.34 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $204.96 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $219.60 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $256.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $256.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $256.20 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $267.18 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $267.18 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $267.18 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $329.40 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $340.38 ↑ +59%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $358.68 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $358.68 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $358.68 ↑ +68%

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Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $90.23 $28.59 – $291.44
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $209.33 $23.24 – $583.84
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $234.96 $39.51 – $295.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $181.28 $23.24 – $352.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $410.22 $23.24 – $954.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $327.25 $38.63 – $316.58
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $131.38 $23.24 – $7,832.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $143.77 $36.31 – $352.80

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