Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$1,236.25
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.
$1,589.00
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.
$169.22 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,557.22 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 | $169.22 | ↓ -86% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $381.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $381.36 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $381.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $381.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $381.36 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $381.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $381.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $535.07 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,016.96 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,255.31 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,302.98 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.98 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,366.54 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,382.43 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,382.43 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,382.43 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,398.32 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,477.77 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,557.22 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,557.22 | ↑ +26% |
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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,450.44 | $939.68 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $223.78 | $76.32 – $289.10 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,173.62 | $990.07 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,532.66 | $896.84 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,078.14 | $939.50 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $957.27 | $3,331.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,870.68 | $970.26 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,092.48 | $762.31 – $5,171.00 |