Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis 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

$55.48

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.

$95.00

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.

$20.22 with BCBS - Anthem vs $41.25 with Humana — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.22 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $23.10 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.75 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.88 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $28.88 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $28.88 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $30.12 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $30.12 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.12 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37.13 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|HMO $38.37 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $40.43 ↓ -27%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $40.43 ↓ -27%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.43 ↓ -27%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -26%

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Warde 3400683 amplification rna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $104.04 $139.78 – $395.09
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17.66 $20.63 – $367.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.48 $22.33 – $41.25
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $16.17 $11.14 – $432.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $15.31 $20.63 – $409.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $15.14 $20.63 – $409.87
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $104.04 $142.63 – $499.29
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $104.04 $142.63 – $943.69

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