Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$2.34
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.
$3.00
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.
$0.48 with United vs $1.96 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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| United | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -79% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.04 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1.64 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1.74 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.74 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1.74 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.76 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1.86 | ↓ -21% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1.96 | ↓ -16% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1.96 | ↓ -16% |
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Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.57 | $4.05 – $11.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4.71 | $4.95 – $10.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4.32 | $2.97 – $10.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1.12 | $0.80 – $2.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1.11 | $0.50 – $2.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $1.72 | $0.20 – $1.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2.36 | $2.08 – $8.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1.55 | $0.50 – $1.98 |