Block femoral nerve cont infusion cath w/img 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

$1,262.70

Cash price

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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.

$1,623.00

Gross charge

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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.

$124.75 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,590.54 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $124.75 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $256.41 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $389.52 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $389.52 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $389.52 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $389.52 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $389.52 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $389.52 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $389.52 ↓ -69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $393.84 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,038.72 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,282.17 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,330.86 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,330.86 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|HMO $1,395.78 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,412.01 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,412.01 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,412.01 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,428.24 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,509.39 ↑ +20%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,590.54 ↑ +26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,590.54 ↑ +26%

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Block femoral nerve cont infusion cath w/img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $234.34 $115.62 – $273.54
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,725.84 $1,191.92 – $2,695.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $960.89 $105.26 – $2,072.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $950.53 $105.26 – $2,046.10
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,918.62 $1,255.83 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,599.40 $1,137.58 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $792.03 $1,191.69 – $2,335.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,139.85 $5,981.00 – $8,222.00

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