Vaccine tdap >=7 years im 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

$179.29

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.

$307.00

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.

$43.53 with Partnership Health Plan vs $239.12 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 $43.53 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.68 ↓ -66%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $86.19 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $122.00 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $136.64 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $151.28 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $170.80 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $170.80 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $170.80 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $178.12 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $178.12 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $178.12 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $219.60 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|HMO $226.92 ↑ +27%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $239.12 ↑ +33%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $239.12 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $239.12 ↑ +33%

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Vaccine tdap >=7 years im at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $70.08 $43.20 – $124.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $212.65 $53.65 – $84.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $228.56 $40.11 – $523.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $151.75 $58.95 – $223.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $209.33 $40.11 – $523.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $79.03 $29.33 – $135.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $78.18 $56.88 – $133.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $200.54 $58.07 – $84.00

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