Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$3,222.48
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.
$4,142.00
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.
$363.13 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,059.16 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 | $363.13 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $747.54 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $994.08 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $994.08 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $994.08 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $994.08 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $994.08 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $994.08 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $994.08 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,148.16 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,650.88 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,272.18 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,396.44 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,396.44 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,562.12 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,603.54 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,603.54 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,603.54 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,644.96 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $3,852.06 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $4,059.16 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,059.16 | ↑ +26% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,447.07 | $213.61 – $3,381.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $396.32 | $213.61 – $1,011.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,300.58 | $213.61 – $4,960.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,275.77 | $213.61 – $4,898.79 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $3,439.14 | $602.30 – $4,924.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,747.54 | $213.61 – $5,231.04 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,411.36 | $213.61 – $6,557.76 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $1,352.99 | $213.61 – $11,634.21 |