An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta

914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,195.01

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$1,536.00

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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.

$368.64 with Humana vs $1,505.28 with Coventry — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $368.64 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $368.64 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $368.64 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $368.64 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $368.64 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $368.64 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $368.64 ↓ -69%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $757.09 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $946.34 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $983.04 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,213.44 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,259.52 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,259.52 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|HMO $1,320.96 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,336.32 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,336.32 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,336.32 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,351.68 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,428.48 ↑ +20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,466.43 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,505.28 ↑ +26%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,505.28 ↑ +26%

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,801.06 $515.95 – $8,224.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $341.39 $268.14 – $705.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,326.33 $568.96 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,789.04 $341.03 – $1,738.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,457.83 $341.03 – $1,762.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $263.04 $268.40 – $488.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $260.21 $333.30 – $606.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,794.40 $757.07 – $17,909.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →