Brach/thor cath 2nd at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$827.02
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,063.00
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.
$255.12 with Humana vs $1,063.00 with Partnership Health Plan — 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $255.12 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $255.12 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $255.12 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $255.12 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $255.12 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $255.12 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $255.12 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.04 | ↓ -48% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $552.76 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $680.32 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $839.77 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $871.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $871.66 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $914.18 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $924.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $924.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $924.81 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $935.44 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $988.59 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,041.74 | ↑ +26% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,041.74 | ↑ +26% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,063.00 | ↑ +29% |
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Brach/thor cath 2nd at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $872.94 | $308.98 – $1,554.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $847.44 | $251.20 – $996.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $813.80 | $251.20 – $996.66 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,073.31 | $251.20 – $2,458.18 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,061.74 | $251.20 – $2,864.07 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,016.43 | $2,100.79 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $397.29 | $2,699.00 – $26,648.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,022.03 | $0.80 – $978.10 |