Brace knee hing pat open med at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$743.77
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.
$956.00
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.
$103.68 with United vs $423.36 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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| United | Medicare|All Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $108.00 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $108.00 | ↓ -85% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $224.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $354.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $354.24 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $371.52 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $375.84 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $375.84 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $375.84 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $380.16 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $401.76 | ↓ -46% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $423.36 | ↓ -43% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $423.36 | ↓ -43% |
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Brace knee hing pat open med at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $261.05 | $143.04 – $464.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $246.72 | $97.50 – $351.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $244.06 | $97.50 – $378.30 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $156.41 | $91.26 – $351.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $136.99 | $46.92 – $195.84 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $419.25 | $23.00 – $578.70 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $381.23 | $24.15 – $578.70 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $317.85 | $23.00 – $486.45 |