Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$3,780.31
Cash price 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.
$4,859.00
Gross charge 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.
$494.58 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,761.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $494.58 | ↓ -87% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $756.73 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.16 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.16 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,166.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,465.74 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,304.12 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,984.38 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,984.38 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,081.56 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,178.74 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,227.33 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,227.33 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,227.33 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,275.92 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $4,518.87 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $4,761.82 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,761.82 | ↑ +26% |
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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,410.80 | $226.19 – $2,512.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,266.90 | $35.60 – $3,864.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,557.07 | $236.37 – $1,960.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,657.88 | $226.19 – $5,049.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9,055.61 | $340.87 – $2,890.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,141.89 | $226.19 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,402.60 | $226.19 – $5,180.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,376.70 | $226.19 – $5,116.04 |