Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$300.31
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.
$386.00
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.
$74.43 with BCBS - Anthem vs $378.28 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $92.64 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $92.64 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $92.64 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $92.64 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $92.64 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $92.64 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $92.64 | ↓ -69% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $97.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $235.34 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $247.04 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $304.94 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $316.52 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $316.52 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $331.96 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $335.82 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $335.82 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $335.82 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $339.68 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $358.98 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $378.28 | ↑ +26% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $378.28 | ↑ +26% |
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Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $303.78 | $66.24 – $732.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $257.04 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $51.95 | $19.15 – $72.52 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $76.71 | $43.78 – $206.91 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $270.81 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $865.47 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $235.11 | $3,982.87 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $611.49 | $8,222.00 – $20,799.00 |