Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$1,265.03
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.
$1,626.00
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.
$7.38 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,593.48 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.38 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.08 | ↓ -99% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $390.24 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $390.24 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $390.24 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $390.24 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $390.24 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $390.24 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $390.24 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,040.64 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,284.54 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,333.32 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,333.32 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,398.36 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,414.62 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,414.62 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,414.62 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,430.88 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,512.18 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,593.48 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,593.48 | ↑ +26% |
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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,050.00 | $3.81 – $9,102.24 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,051.75 | $1,962.30 – $7,433.50 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $580.95 | $3.81 – $1,452.36 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,783.63 | $3.81 – $2,796.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,626.41 | $3.07 – $42.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8,626.41 | $3.07 – $50.12 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $8,626.41 | $5.99 – $50.24 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,017.00 | $3.81 – $7,332.00 |