Block tap inj(s) w/wo img uni at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$529.82
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.
$681.00
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.
$129.89 with BCBS - Anthem vs $648.76 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 | $129.89 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $158.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $158.88 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $158.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $158.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $158.88 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $158.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $158.88 | ↓ -70% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $331.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $423.68 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $522.98 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $542.84 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $542.84 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $569.32 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $575.94 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $575.94 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $575.94 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $582.56 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $615.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $648.76 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $648.76 | ↑ +22% |
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Block tap inj(s) w/wo img uni at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $142.93 | $105.78 – $250.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $828.24 | $1,687.00 – $11,153.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,890.57 | $2,747.00 – $9,175.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $306.51 | $2,335.00 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,709.52 | $5,981.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,819.17 | $1,716.00 – $15,202.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,780.32 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $245.70 | $1,142.00 – $4,776.00 |