Assay of breath ethanol at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$41.24
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.
$53.00
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.
$25.16 with BCBS - Anthem vs $36.26 with Coventry — 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 | Commercial|Exchange | $25.16 | ↓ -39% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.56 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $30.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.34 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $30.34 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.08 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $31.82 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $32.19 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $32.19 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.19 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.56 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $34.41 | ↓ -17% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $36.26 | ↓ -12% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $36.26 | ↓ -12% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of breath ethanol at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $56.34 | $6.00 – $87.30 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $43.20 | $0.07 – $60.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $21.70 | $0.02 – $70.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $0.06 – $95.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $0.07 – $120.36 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $30.00 – $136.49 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $0.03 – $54.45 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $136.81 – $136.81 |