Dmd dup/delet analysis at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$404.03
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.
$519.31
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.
$112.90 with Partnership Health Plan vs $508.93 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 | $112.90 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $153.54 | ↓ -62% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $250.64 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $279.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $279.00 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $279.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $279.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $279.00 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $279.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $279.00 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $353.14 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $425.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $425.84 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $436.23 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $446.61 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $451.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $451.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $451.80 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $457.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $482.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $508.93 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $508.93 | ↑ +26% |
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Dmd dup/delet analysis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $222.27 | $112.90 – $718.87 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $203.57 | $112.90 – $845.09 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $263.30 | $112.90 – $508.93 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $303.28 | $112.90 – $508.93 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $273.42 – $1,376.89 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $279.00 – $1,740.05 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $279.00 – $3,288.74 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $279.00 – $1,980.83 |