Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$951.34
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.
$1,629.00
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.
$135.12 with Health Net vs $1,596.42 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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| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.77 | ↓ -85% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.14 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $417.26 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $798.21 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $912.24 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $977.40 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,140.30 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,140.30 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,140.30 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,189.17 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,189.17 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,189.17 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,466.10 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,514.97 | ↑ +59% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,596.42 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,596.42 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,596.42 | ↑ +68% |
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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $895.28 | $135.12 – $1,594.32 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $826.60 | $21.27 – $1,021.41 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,227.68 | $140.89 – $358.26 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $915.92 | $97.04 – $1,741.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,013.32 | $27.94 – $105.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $738.53 | $97.04 – $601.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $584.70 | $97.04 – $1,260.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $578.40 | $97.04 – $1,245.04 |