Sugars single quant 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

$22.20

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.

$38.00

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.

$10.24 with Partnership Health Plan vs $33.32 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.24 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -48%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16.66 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.04 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.40 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.86 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.80 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.80 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.80 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.82 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.82 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.82 ↑ +12%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $29.09 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.60 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|HMO $31.62 ↑ +42%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $33.32 ↑ +50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33.32 ↑ +50%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $33.32 ↑ +50%

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Sugars single quant at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16.65 $10.26 – $30.57
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.89 $2.31 – $16.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $44.02 $11.53 – $37.24
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $25.31 $11.53 – $37.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $40.32 $10.26 – $37.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14.10 $11.53 – $34.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13.95 $11.53 – $33.11
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $21.70 $3.49 – $27.89

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