Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$15.56
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.
$20.00
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.
$2.61 with Partnership Health Plan vs $13.07 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.61 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.55 | ↓ -77% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.79 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9.07 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.94 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10.94 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.20 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11.47 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $11.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $12.40 | ↓ -20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $13.07 | ↓ -16% |
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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $22.34 | $3.95 – $39.78 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $16.18 | $1.64 – $4.31 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $159.12 | $9.25 – $19.23 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $65.92 | $2.61 – $24.34 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $55.95 | $2.61 – $19.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $60.37 | $2.61 – $28.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $13.11 | $2.61 – $27.14 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $12.96 | $2.61 – $27.14 |