Tc-99m labeled rbc 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

$336.39

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.

$576.00

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.

$51.80 with Partnership Health Plan vs $564.48 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $51.80 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $74.07 ↓ -78%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $102.56 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $288.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $322.56 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $357.12 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $403.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $403.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $403.20 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $420.48 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $420.48 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $420.48 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $518.40 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|HMO $535.68 ↑ +59%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $564.48 ↑ +68%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $564.48 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $564.48 ↑ +68%

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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $243.09 $78.36 – $432.90
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,383.21 $138.00 – $138.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,383.21 $138.00 – $138.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,284.41 $123.00 – $123.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,284.41 $123.00 – $123.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $479.54 $85.47 – $667.36
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,383.21 $138.00 – $138.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $1,383.21 $138.00 – $138.00

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