Pet image skull-thigh at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr, Red Bluff, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1083732853
$2,636.76
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.
$4,515.00
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.
$1,853.28 with Kaiser vs $4,515.00 with Partnership Health Plan — 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,212.35 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,528.40 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,709.00 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,898.61 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,160.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,160.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,160.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,295.95 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,295.95 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,295.95 | ↑ +25% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,013.48 | ↑ +52% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,063.50 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,198.95 | ↑ +59% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $4,424.70 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,424.70 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $4,424.70 | ↑ +68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,515.00 | ↑ +71% |
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Pet image skull-thigh at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,504.10 | $2,030.33 – $6,688.23 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,021.92 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,784.97 | $1,167.60 – $4,865.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,386.00 | $1,527.04 – $2,386.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $3,957.79 | $1,916.73 – $7,116.76 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $3,145.44 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $6,637.14 | $1,853.28 – $12,829.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,927.01 – $5,292.36 |