28/100
#1,941 nationally
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
2550 Sister Mary Columba Drive, Red Bluff, CA 96080 · (530) 529-8000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Elizabeth Community Hospital billed $5.42 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 32
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #116
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
233 | $36,739 | $3,604 | +89% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
210 | $88,095 | $21,036 | +35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $65,381 | $13,801 | +51% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $9,077 | $2,135 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $59,358 | $11,320 | +51% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $80,192 | $13,329 | +66% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $85,353 | $17,292 | +37% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $64,029 | $9,414 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $48,037 | $7,598 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $13,655 | $2,063 | +22% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,259 | $2,037 | +171% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,033 | $4,197 | +167% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,173 | $4,262 | +136% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,086 | $4,416 | +107% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$61,852 | $8,792 | +92% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,739 | $3,604 | +89% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$84,289 | $11,086 | +85% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$56,419 | $8,727 | +85% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,077 | $2,135 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,774 | $13,532 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,655 | $2,063 | +22% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$104,221 | $21,862 | +25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$60,942 | $14,087 | +26% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,861 | $6,550 | +26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$88,095 | $21,036 | +35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$85,353 | $17,292 | +37% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.