Blood gases ph venous 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

$166.50

Cash price

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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.

$214.00

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.

$6.67 with Partnership Health Plan vs $209.72 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.67 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.58 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $145.52 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $175.48 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $175.48 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $179.76 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $184.04 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $186.18 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $186.18 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $186.18 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $188.32 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +20%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $209.72 ↑ +26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $209.72 ↑ +26%

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Blood gases ph venous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $196.67 $11.00 – $350.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.66 $2.20 – $32.01
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $419.58 $9.57 – $497.84
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $131.04 $9.35 – $22.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $464.85 $9.57 – $878.05
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $102.96 $9.57 – $328.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $333.54 $9.57 – $81.34
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $53.32 $5.25 – $47.85

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