Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$11,337.02
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$14,572.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$634.93 with BCBS - Anthem vs $14,280.56 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $634.93 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,036.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,007.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,497.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,497.28 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,497.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,497.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,497.28 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,497.28 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,497.28 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,326.08 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,511.88 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,949.04 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $11,949.04 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,531.92 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12,677.64 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12,677.64 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,677.64 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,823.36 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $13,551.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $14,280.56 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,280.56 | ↑ +26% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,916.46 | $706.32 – $16,602.72 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11,124.15 | $466.86 – $20,054.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,188.48 | $466.86 – $20,067.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9,518.01 | $466.86 – $20,524.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9,415.39 | $466.86 – $20,267.45 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,020.51 | $5,021.00 – $9,776.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,833.45 | $466.86 – $18,938.64 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $16,614.78 | $4,042.00 – $15,575.00 |